kern/86557: [sound] Sound Card Volume isn't adjustable -- Intel ICH2 (82801BA)

[Ariff Abdullah]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:13:49 +0900
Byung-Hee HWANG <bh at izb.knu.ac.kr> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 07:39:20AM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 05:14:12AM +0800, Ariff Abdullah wrote:
> > > On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:19:53 +0900
> > > Byung-Hee HWANG <bh at izb.knu.ac.kr> wrote:
> > > > Oh My God!
> > > > After patch, I found some problems.
> > > > 1. The Sound volume is weaker than before patch.
> > > > 2. Left speaker is not working.
> > > > 
> > > > Thus I came back to the old kernel.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Oh my.. are you sure it was not because of your hardware/speaker?
> > > Use the patched kernel, sysctl hw.snd.maxautovchans=10 , sysctl
> > > hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=10 , see if that make any differences.
> > > 
> > > Note: Make sure you applying that patch to a *real clean* sources.
> > >       rm -f /usr/src/sys/sys/soundcard.h
> > >       rm -rf /usr/src/sys/modules/sound/sound
> > >       /usr/src/sys/dev/sound cvsup
> > >       apply the patch
> > >       .. if you're not sure.
> >  
> > My hardware/speaker is not bad. 
> > And.. I could not detect difference incident to sysctl's change.
> 
> I found the reason that left speaker is not working.
> Yesterday my brother turned off left sound volume of GNOME Sound
> Control Panel. I fixed it. And sound volume be back correctly.
> 
> I feel at home now. Thanks!
> 

sigh... :)


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