Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: intel 8x0 went silent in 2.6.11

[Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx>]

Andrew Morton wrote:

>Mark Canter <marcus@vfxcomputing.com> wrote:
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>>To close this issue out of the LKML and alsa-devel, a bug report has been 
>>written.
>>
>>It appears to be an issue with the 'headphone jack sense' (as kde labels 
>>it).  The issue is in the way the 8x0 addresses the docking station/port 
>>replicator's audio output jack.  The mentioned quick fix does not work for 
>>using the ds/pr audio output, but does resolve it for a user that is only 
>>using headphones/internal speakers.
>>    
>>
>
>But there was a behavioural change: applications which worked in 2.6.10
>don't work in 2.6.11, is that correct?
>
>If so, the best course of action is to change the kernel so those
>applications work again.  Can that be done?
>
>  
>
Yes. Speakers worked in 2.6.10 and stopped working in 2.6.11. This could 
be changed by setting the default for the two new volumes to muted. I 
don't know how this affects the issue with the docking station or the 
bug that this is supposed to solve though.

Rgds
Pierre