Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:45:14 -0500 From: "Lion G." <liontanker@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: RESOLVED (RE: Laptop speaker vs earphone) Message-ID: <BAY21-F24C456D53CF14C1599F5F6CCB10@phx.gbl>
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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
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