[ltp] Re: T61 volume permanently muted

Owen Heisler linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:48:02 -0500


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On Fri, 2007.08.31 15:22, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 04:59:40PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote:
> > Well, I restarted again, and then alsamixer and aplay worked, though wi=
th no
> > sound.  I hit the VolumeUp button, and then it worked.  Okay.  So the M=
ute
> > button seems now to mute at the hardware level, and not unmute when pre=
ssed
> > again.  VolumeDown does nothing.  VolumeUp simply unmutes.  The Mute bu=
tton
> > didn't cause the ALSA problems this time as before.
>=20
> Interesting.  As far as I remember, Mute on thinkpads always muted at
> the hardware level, and you had to press volume up/down to unmute.

Not so bad, except that when I say "VolumeDown does nothing" and "VolumeUp
simply unmutes", I really mean that: they don't adjust the volume either, at
either hardware or software level.

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