From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Revell Subject: Re: More detailed Acer (Intel HDA) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:38:47 -0500 Message-ID: <1143020328.1792.66.camel@mindpipe> References: <200603220041.k2M0f8uA011967@auster.physics.adelaide.edu.au> <1142988679.4532.197.camel@mindpipe> <4420FB3E.3030804@akl.lt> <1143012964.1792.61.camel@mindpipe> <44210F4D.8070508@akl.lt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <44210F4D.8070508@akl.lt> Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Rimas Kudelis Cc: ALSA devel , Jonathan Woithe List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 10:48 +0200, Rimas Kudelis wrote: > Hi, > >>>> On these Acer laptops the evidence thus far indicates that there is no > >>>> audio connection between the CD drive and the sound card. > >>>> > >>> I haven't seen any evidence at all, just speculation, apparently no one > >>> is willing to try Windows to verify this. Until there's some evidence > >>> IMHO the CD control should stay. > >>> > >> The fact is that the CD control doesn't work now. And I didn't manage to > >> find a way to make any control in the test model influence CD playback > >> volume. Why would you want a non-working control to stay? > >> > > Because it may work on some other laptops, and it's better for people to > > be able to test it. > > > It may or may not work. And people can still use the test model for testing. > Yes exactly, and a missing control is much worse than a control that does nothing. There just needs to be some shred of evidence beyond my speculation about the CD pins not being connected before controls are removed from a driver. Lee ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642