Re: [OT] Re: What netbook to you run NetBSD on? (-> netbook.xml)

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:35:04 +0000 (UTC)
christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas) wrote:

> In article <48FEC745.7000104%yazzy.org@localhost>,
> Marcin M. Jessa <lists%yazzy.org@localhost> wrote:
> >Roy Marples wrote:
> >> On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 17:52 -0400, Jared D. McNeill wrote:
> >>   
> >>> Marcin M. Jessa wrote:
> >>>     
> >>>> Swift Griggs wrote:
> >>>>       
> >>>>> the native 1024x600 resolution. Sound works, also. Oddly, I've
> >>>>> found that I can turn the volume up using mixerctl to much
> >>>>> higher levels than are available when running XP. It's the
> >>>>> first time the Azailia drivers have worked so well for me.
> >>>>>         
> >>>> I don't really understand why we need to use mixerctl to be able
> >>>> to adjust the volume level when the same device works nicely
> >>>> with linux drivers...
> >>>>       
> >>> What doesn't work nicely about azalia on Eee PC? I confirmed that
> >>> both playback and capture work, and the volume buttons
> >>> (Fn+whatever) work as well.
> >>>     
> >>
> >> Well, on my ThinkPad z60m, I have to manually adjust channels to
> >> +248 from the default as it's too low. With the default I jack all
> >> available sliders in GNOME volume control and/or equivalent in KDE
> >> and XFCE to max and still can't here anything until I manually
> >> adjust in mixerctl AND get it to save state on shutdown.
> >>
> >> Whilst it "works", it's hardly "optimal"
> >
> >Exactly, I had to write a shell script to use mixerctl to set up
> >sound for
> > my internal speakers or to send output to the head phones.
> >Each time I need to change the sound level I have to type mixerctl
> >-w outputs.lineout=xyz,xyz
> >This sucks big time...
> 
> Why don't you stick it in /etc/sysctl.conf
> 
I do that.  I also did some magic with xmodmap and fvwm to make the
volume keys on my T61 useful.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb