[ltp] Mute button toggle

[Eben King]

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, James Knott wrote:

> Eben King wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, James Knott wrote:
> > 
> >>Ignacio Fernández Galván wrote:
> >>>My R51 has a mute volume button. When I press it, the sound is muted.
> >>>But  it does not toggle, to "unmute" the volume I have to press vol+ or
> >>>vol-.  Is it possible to change this behaviour and make the mute button
> >>>toggle?  Maybe with an acpi script?
> >>As I recall, my R31 does the same.  However, there's one advantage to
> >>this way.  If sound is turned off, and you go to turn it on and don't
> >>hear anything, does that mean there's no sound or perhaps the volume is
> >>turned down or ...?  By using the volume buttons to restore the sound,
> >>you know you're not accidentally turning the sound off.
> > 
> > OTOH, there's no way to make sure it's not muted except by (maybe) changing 
> > the level.
> 
> Wasn't that my point?  If you just pressed the mute button, you're not
> sure if you're muting or not.

Yes, I'm saying the proposed model has problems too.  I think that 
interpreting it as a toggle (with appropriate OSD) makes the best of having 
three buttons with four functions.

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