I am running 2.6.17.11 sources from Kernel.org and used the 2.6.17 patches from mactel-linux and the alsa driver worked ok - but the sound was distorted and at high volume very scratchy. I also noticed that the primary volume control was the headphone and suffered the problem where the sound came out of the speakers when the headphone was plugged in. I have read of these symptoms around.
Having the latest alsa ebuild for gentoo /usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-driver/alsa-driver-1.0.12.ebuild and reading that the sound just works out of the box: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook#Sound Note: With recent alsa drivers (verified is alsa-driver-1.0.12) sound just works as expected. No patch necessary, no need to plug headphones into line-in, when they are plugged in the internal speakers are quiet. The sigmatel_audio.patch seemed to impair this behaviour, so I did not apply it. Blscreen 03:54, 13 September 2006 (UTC) I recompiled my kernel without a patched hda source directory and although I didn't get any errors the sound is awol - nothing at all. The modules I have loaded are: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ lsmod | grep snd snd_pcm_oss 31136 0 snd_mixer_oss 14336 2 snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_oss 25472 0 snd_seq_midi_event 4224 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 38352 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 5132 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_rtctimer 1804 0 snd_hda_intel 13204 1 snd_hda_codec 111488 1 snd_hda_intel snd_pcm 53380 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_timer 16644 3 snd_seq,snd_rtctimer,snd_pcm snd 35428 9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 5728 2 snd snd_page_alloc 6536 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm which are the same as the build which worked (when sigmatel-patch applied) So I am wondering if anyone can comment on whether the nb on gentoo wiki applies only to 2.6.18-rc6 kernels or if I may have done something else wrong... I used the same .config to build the new kernel (after backing up the .config and make distclean) so I am a bit stumped. Apologies if this has been posted earlier in the mail list I am yet to thoroughly read them. Will > Send Mactel-linux-users mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mactel-linux-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: 2. Re: no DMA support on ICH7 Chipset (Felix Groebert) + > trouble playing DVDs (Will Parker) > 2. Re: s2ram for Mac Mini? (Stefan Monnier) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:15:48 +1000 (EST) > From: "Will Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Mactel-linux-users] 2. Re: no DMA support on ICH7 > Chipset (Felix Groebert) + trouble playing DVDs > To: "Felix Groebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected], Will Parker > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Thank you for this assistance. I am rebuilding my 2.6.17.11 patched > kernel and taking great care with the modules and configuration symbols > that you have mentioned. Yes, disabling hdparm at boot has helped - I now > am able to play some DVDs but I get errors about demuxer when they start > and although I have googled this I have'nt a solution yet. > > Here is my hdparm which may not indicate that a better kernel config will > help: > > spitfire Mactel_patches # hdparm /dev/dvd > > /dev/dvd: > IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) > unmaskirq = 0 (off) > using_dma = 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > readonly = 0 (off) > readahead = 256 (on) > HDIO_GETGEO failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > >> Will Parker (2006-09-08, 21:32): >>> Re:2 - I find that my CD/DVD goes AWOL if I have hdparm started on >>> boot. >>> I think this may be because of settings I have tried to apply when >>> fooling >>> with hdparm to get DVD playback working (Which I still am stumped with) >>> but CD playing, and reading and writing CDs/DVDs work: >>> >>> So I'm not sure if this is helpful but: >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sudo hdparm -d 1 /dev/dvd >>> >>> /dev/dvd: >>> setting using_dma to 1 (on) >>> using_dma = 1 (on) >>> >>> I must be missing something simple with the DVD Playback. gxine >>> attempts >>> to start playing but hangs or errors on starting to spin up disc. >>> Don't >>> know where to go with this. Can I get confirmation that DVD playback >>> is >>> not problematic? >> >> Yes, below is a fix for my problem: >> >>> > I load >>> > >>> > piix 11140 0 [permanent] >>> > ide_cd 43012 0 >>> > cdrom 42400 1 ide_cd >>> > ide_core 127776 2 piix,ide_cd >>> > >>> > and no ide_generic, and dvd playback works very good! Solved.. >> >> Did you try not to start hdparm on boot? >> >> here's my hdparm if that helps >> >> ~ s hdparm /dev/dvd >> >> /dev/dvd: >> IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) >> unmaskirq = 0 (off) >> using_dma = 1 (on) >> keepsettings = 0 (off) >> readonly = 0 (off) >> readahead = 256 (on) >> HDIO_GETGEO failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> -- >> Felix Groebert <> groebert.org/felix <> GPG key: 6B44113F >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:49:29 -0400 > From: Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Mactel-linux-users] s2ram for Mac Mini? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >> Has anyone gotten S2ram to work on the Mac Mini? >> If so, could you tell me were the tricks necessary? > > Seeing no answer here, should I assume that nobody managed to get s2ram to > work on a Mac Mini? > > > Stefan > > > > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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