From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 11 16:46:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1339416A40F for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:46:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from liontanker@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s25.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s25.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0182F13C46A for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:46:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from liontanker@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.233.113]) by bay0-omc3-s25.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:46:11 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:45:16 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 18.97.7.63 by by21fd.bay21.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:45:14 GMT X-Originating-IP: [18.97.7.63] X-Originating-Email: [liontanker@hotmail.com] X-Sender: liontanker@hotmail.com From: "Lion G." To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:45:14 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jan 2007 16:45:16.0217 (UTC) FILETIME=[DF15D290:01C7359F] Subject: RESOLVED (RE: Laptop speaker vs earphone) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:46:12 -0000 Thanks everyone, and especially a big thank to awesome Ariff Abdullah who solved it and confirmed it was software-based on this laptop! Lion Tanker wrote: >In my previous many laptops, whenever I plug in the earphone, the laptop >speaker >would stop (and I would only hear music through the earphone) >With my newest laptop (Acer Aspire 5050), the laptop speaker stays on >no-matter-what. >I would hear the same music in both the speaker and the earphone. Ariff Abdullah wrote: >Yes, it is done purely in software i.e the driver. >Basically the hardware will notify the driver whether >it can sense anything that is plug in or out, and the driver >must be made ready to handle such situation: mute/unmute >specific pin that connect to headphone plug or speakers. Ariff will commit the extra check into 7-CURRENT, so other users with Acer Aspire 5050 (or laptops like it) won't have to suffer the confusion I did. :) _________________________________________________________________ Your Hotmail address already works to sign into Windows Live Messenger! Get it now http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://get.live.com/messenger/overview