[ltp] [CALL FOR TESTING] users of hda-intel, thinkpad-acpi and kernel > 2.6.30

[Derek Dolney]

On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 11:03 +0100, kionez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> seems that with new ALSA version ( starting frm kernel 2.6.30) we loose
> the beep functionality on our thinkpads. Probably, as Henrique de Moraes
> Holschuh write in this ML, is related to "ALSA switching the HDA
> mixer+codec to "digital beeps" or whatever, which is incompatible with
> the signal path used by the firmware." [1]
> 
> I would like to collect some test in order to report them to alsa-devel
> mailing list.
> 
> So, make sure that:
> 
> - you have an hda-itel soundcard (according to thinkwiki these chips are
>  installed into R/T/X/Z 60 [2] and R/T/X/Z 61 [3] )
> - the laptop is running on AC power (and not on battery power)
> - thinkpad-acpi is correctly loaded into kernel
> - alsa mixer and volumes are set correctly (i.e.: Beep is not mute)
> 
> then, the first test:
> 
> Try to generate simply three beeps with thinkpad-acpi:
> 
> # echo 2 > /proc/acpi/ibm/beep
> 
> as root, or with sudo
> 
> $ sudo sh -c 'echo 2 > /proc/acpi/ibm/beep'
> 
> and now the second one:
> 
> Try to detach power chord, in order to produce the two firmware beeps
> that notify the switch from powerline to battery.
> 
> Please report here the results of two test ( do you ear beeps? :P ) ,
> the distribution you're using and kernel version ( $ uname -a ).

No sound for either of the above tests, although tab completion does
produce beep.

Linux Schubert 2.6.31-gentoo-r4 #1 SMP Wed Oct 28 22:10:13 EDT 2009
x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

T61

> 
> Many thanks for collaboration :)
> 
> k.
> 
> 1)
> http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2009-November/047805.html
> 2) http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/AD1981HD
> 3) http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/AD1984