Hannu Savolainen wrote:
> 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
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>> 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
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Could you not make 0 a default? All R61s and T61s will suffer painful
feedback with the mic input on, which is a very bad default.
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