From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 11 16:45:06 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB7A316A412 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:45:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from liontanker@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc2-s13.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s13.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.149]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B206F13C45E for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:45:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from liontanker@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.233.104]) by bay0-omc2-s13.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:45:06 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:45:06 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 18.97.7.63 by by21fd.bay21.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:45:04 GMT X-Originating-IP: [18.97.7.63] X-Originating-Email: [liontanker@hotmail.com] X-Sender: liontanker@hotmail.com From: "Lion G." To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:45:04 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jan 2007 16:45:06.0129 (UTC) FILETIME=[D9128410:01C7359F] Subject: RESOLVED (RE: Laptop speaker vs earphone) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:45:06 -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. :) _________________________________________________________________ Dave vs. Carl: The Insignificant Championship Series.  Who will win? http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://davevscarl.spaces.live.com/?icid=T001MSN38C07001