Alex Maclean wrote: > Hannu Savolainen wrote: >> Will Keaney wrote: >>> Monkeh in #gentoo-chat on Freenode was able to point out that I was >>> not removing the old modules before rebuilding, so my changes >>> weren't actually being installed. >>> The attached patch successfully sets the default volume to 0 on all >>> channels using hdaudio. >>> After thinking about it for a while, I think this is a more sane >>> default than 90%. The potential for damage to audio equipment or >>> ears when starting up with a default of 90% seems to outweigh the >>> work involved in manually raising the volume to reasonable levels. >> Finding default volumes that work for everyone is a never ending >> battle. If the volumes are set to 0 then majority of users will think >> that OSS doesn't work and then stop using it. Earlier the volumes >> were set to 80% by default but even that caused problems. >> >> If you would like to do some hacking then we might try creating a >> dedicated mixer for your system. Could you compile and run the mixgen >> utility in the utils/ directory and send the output to me (mixgen >> thinkpad_t61). I can include it in the sources and you can then >> re-arrange the controls in a way that makes sense. >> >> Otherwise could you try if setting the volume to 80% works for you. >> Maybe we can return the volumes back to it. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Hannu >> _______________________________________________ >> oss-devel mailing list >> oss-devel@mailman.opensound.com >> http://mailman.opensound.com/mailman/listinfo/oss-devel >> > Here's the mixgen output for my R61. The codec is identical to a T61. I added hdaudio_thinkpad_r61.c to OSS. You can pull the latest version from the hg server. Remember to re-create the build directory before trying to recompile.
You can now edit hdaudio_thinkpad_r61.c to set the initial volumes to 0 for the microphone inputs. Best regards, Hannu _______________________________________________ oss-devel mailing list oss-devel@mailman.opensound.com http://mailman.opensound.com/mailman/listinfo/oss-devel
