On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:43:31PM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote: > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 02:38:14PM -0400, Joe Gidi wrote: > > On Sun, June 14, 2009 4:48 am, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > > the beep/bell thing on azalia is a mess. analog devices codecs > > > especially. pretty sure this codec violates the spec by listing > > > the digital beep in the connection list of a mixer. this is > > > specifically disallowed by the spec. so, the driver does not honor > > > such a connection, which means the input on the mixer is not > > > unmuted. > > > > > > at least, I'm pretty sure that's the issue. I made such a change > > > somewhat recently. > > > > > > do people want these beeps? > > > > > > -- > > > jake...@sdf.lonestar.org > > > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > > > > Now that you mention it, I've never gotten my Asus Eee 900A to produce a > > system beep/bell, nor has a friend who runs Linux on his. I just assumed > > the machine didn't support the old-fashioned system beep. I can't even > > make it beep at the BIOS level, by e.g. entering an incorrect BIOS > > password. > > > > Is there a way to diagnose this? I'd hate to ask you to start digging > > through the code if the answer is, "the hardware doesn't work that way." > > the eee 900 uses the ALC662 codec. according to the datasheet, the > beep node is 0x1d. this is what the codec tells us about 0x1d: > > azalia0: purple1d wcap=400000 > cap=20<INPUT> > [02/13] color=purple device=spkr conn=none conntype=digital > location=n/a chassis=external special=none > > doesn't look much like a beep input. > > hmm, there is a workaround already in place for this codec. if you > really don't get any beeps, ever, then it's possible that the > system bell is simply not connected to the codec. anyway, try > setting inputs.mix_beep higher, maybe it's just too low.
actually, can you (or anyone else with an eee 900) send me the output of 'mixerctl -v' off list? I think I see a different problem. -- jake...@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
