[ltp] Volume control on T61

Takis Diakoumis linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:12:12 +1000


solved it.... it was as simple as selecting PCM as the default mixer in
the gnome sound preferences. super!!

thanks

Takis


On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 12:05 +1000, Takis Diakoumis wrote:
> Hi
> 
> my volume up/down button on my T61 is switching the mic volume and not
> the speakers (pcm). does anyone know how i can get these buttons to map
> to the pcm volume switch instead? interestingly the mute button DOES
> mute the sound.
> 
> though this has always been the case, since last night i'm running
> kernel 2.6.23.1 with thinkpad-acpi 0.18-20071013.
> 
> also, for those interested, 2.6.23.1 did not require an alsa build from
> cvs on this machine - it just worked this time. still needed iwl4965
> though. all good.
> 
> suggestions appreciated.
> 
> thanks
> Takis
>