Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Dealing with the ThinkPad hardware mixer

2011-05-24 Thread Tom Gundersen
I don't know much about this, but since there might be differences between different models, I'll add my two cents. I have a ThinkPad X60. On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 7:39 AM, David Henningsson david.hennings...@canonical.com wrote: On 2011-05-23 19:21, Andrew Lutomirski wrote: Most ThinkPad

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Dealing with the ThinkPad hardware mixer

2011-05-24 Thread Andrew Lutomirski
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Tom Gundersen t...@jklm.no wrote: I don't know much about this, but since there might be differences between different models, I'll add my two cents. I have a ThinkPad X60. On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 7:39 AM, David Henningsson david.hennings...@canonical.com

[pulseaudio-discuss] Dealing with the ThinkPad hardware mixer

2011-05-23 Thread Andrew Lutomirski
Most ThinkPad laptops have an extra mixer that has nothing to do with the HDA audio hardware. The kernel can talk to it through the embedded controller and, if it's muted, then there's no sound even if the normal controls are all set on. These laptops have three special buttons. The mute button

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Dealing with the ThinkPad hardware mixer

2011-05-23 Thread Colin Guthrie
'Twas brillig, and Andrew Lutomirski at 23/05/11 18:21 did gyre and gimble: What is the kernel supposed to do to get PulseAudio to DTRT? On some, but not (I think) all, models, we can disable hardware mixer control and make all of the buttons act like ordinary buttons, but that will cause the

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Dealing with the ThinkPad hardware mixer

2011-05-23 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Colin Guthrie gm...@colin.guthr.ie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Andrew Lutomirski at 23/05/11 18:21 did gyre and gimble: What is the kernel supposed to do to get PulseAudio to DTRT?  On some, but not (I think) all, models, we can disable hardware mixer control and

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Dealing with the ThinkPad hardware mixer

2011-05-23 Thread Andrew Lutomirski
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Tom Gundersen t...@jklm.no wrote: On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Colin Guthrie gm...@colin.guthr.ie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Andrew Lutomirski at 23/05/11 18:21 did gyre and gimble: What is the kernel supposed to do to get PulseAudio to DTRT?  On some, but

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Dealing with the ThinkPad hardware mixer

2011-05-23 Thread David Henningsson
Hi Andrew and thanks for dealing with this issue! I'm sometimes working with certifying Lenovo for Canonical/Ubuntu, so this definitely concerns me. However I know very little about the thinkpad-acpi driver and would like to know more about how it works, and especially the mixer part. On