[ltp] Still having problem with thinkpad-acpi's BEEP and kernel > 2.6.30

[kionez]

#include <Henrique de Moraes Holschuh.h>   // created 02/11/2009 14:01

> It is ALSA, and it is related to HDA audio, and not AC97 audio.  So you
> should pay attention to success/failure reports only from ThinkPads with HDA
> audio.  The T42 is AC97.

Damn! I read that he owns a T61..

> I believe we tracked it down to ALSA switching the HDA mixer+codec to
> "digital beeps" or whatever, which is incompatible with the signal path used
> by the firmware.

I'll post a "poll" to collect some user reports, and then I'll post it
to alsa-devel.

I think is strange that nobody (out of there) noticed it before..

thanks for correction.. ;)

k.