Alex Maclean kirjoitti:
> 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.
>   
I cannot figure out which control affects the microphone input. Could 
you run ossxmix and try to find out which control should be set to 0.

Best regards,

Hannu
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