[ltp] Re: [PATCH] Set osi=Linux for the ThinkPad X200s

Stefan Monnier linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:02:55 -0500


> without this change the mute button breaks sound for everyone except
> power users (who else is supposed to know to twiddle
> /proc/acpi/ibm/volume or press "sound up" to get sound back when the

Most/all the laptops I've seen until now behave like that: the "mute"
button never unmutes.

And as a user, after muting or changing the sound-level with
those special keys, I find that the most obvious way to undo or refine
such a change would be performed with those keys as well.


        Stefan