From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.105]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EE2FC1A4AE for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:23:03 -0400 (EDT) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEALVfjUzLzsVj/2dsb2JhbAChSHG+WIVABIRHhWCCfRc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.56,358,1280678400"; d="scan'208";a="188432800" Received: from unknown (HELO gotss1.gotss.net) ([203.206.197.99]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au with ESMTP/TLS/AES256-SHA; 13 Sep 2010 14:23:00 +0800 Received: from [192.168.25.90] by gotss1.gotss.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ov2RP-0005qz-BA for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:23:00 +0800 Message-ID: <4C8DC35D.1050801@gotss.net> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:23:25 +0800 From: Kerry Hoath User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100711 Thunderbird/3.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Installing arch linux on an Acer Aspire One? References: <20100909112809.GA29652@braille.uwo.ca> <20100909132150.GA1067@braille.uwo.ca> <4C88EC9C.2070208@gotss.net> <87aanor1p5.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87aanor1p5.fsf@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:23:04 -0000 It depends on the config of the card, often headphones do mute the speakers, but this is not allways true. Perhaps a little script to up the speakers might help and not break the existing config, not sure. Regards, Kerry. On 11/09/2010 6:53 PM, Christopher Brannon wrote: > Kerry Hoath writes: > > >> I have found on some machines with Grml and this possibly holds true >> for arch as well that the speakers are set to 0 but headphones are >> audible and usable. >> > Yes, I use Grml's soundcard init script, adapted for Arch's init system. > Should I unmute the speaker device, since headphones work? > I'm really unsure, and input from others is most appreciated. > Personally, I always use headphones. > > >> The Intel High definition audio codecs treat the headphones and >> speakers as 2 different mixer devices sometimes more. >> > Very interesting. So the internal speaker won't go silent when > headphones or external speakers are plugged in to the machine? > > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >