On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 20:00, Marcin M. Jessa <lists%yazzy.org@localhost>
wrote:
> 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
>>
>
> This is the script I use [1]. As you can see I cannot put this into any
> static configuration as mixerctl
> requires diffent input for internal speakers and for headphones.
> Not to mention the fact that it's not an optional way of adjusting the sound
> level of my azalia device...
>
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> case ${1} in
> s)
> mixerctl -w outputs.lineout.eapd=on
> mixerctl -w outputs.lineout=200,200
> ;;
> h)
> mixerctl -w outputs.lineout.eapd=on
> mixerctl -w outputs.headphones=255,255
> mixerctl -w outputs.lineout=0,0
> ;;
> "")
> echo "Please use one of following: h(eadphones) or
> s(peakers)"
> esac
I use the attached script to adjust the volume on a Lenovo T400
laptop. The script is also called by XFCE when I press the volume
keys. (Using the headphones does not require any special
consideration in my case.)
--
Pouya Tafti
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