[ltp] Volume control on T61

[Takis Diakoumis]

yep. this is what i ended up figuring out and it worked ok. the default
is still rather interesting though.

also of note is that the 'new' multimedia keys available as Fn XX on the
arrow keys work correctly also.

Takis


On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 01:55 -0500, Jerone Young wrote:
> So your probably using gnome. This is a problem I noticed in ubuntu
> Gutsy on my T61 and I can't figure out why gnome-volume wants to go to
> microphone.
> Easy way to get around this is to go to system->prefrences->sound.
> Under "Default Mixer Tracks" , in the box choose "PCM". Then the
> volume will change that instead of the mic.
> 
> I'm not exactly sure why this happens. The ALSA driver shouldn't be
> the reason, at least I see little cause from within the code. That
> would cause this behavior.
> 
> If this isn't the case it's something else. But it does have something
> to do with the ALSA driver for the sound card.
> 
> On 10/16/07, Takis Diakoumis <linux@executequery.org> 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
> >
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