From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NKdZk-0003en-Om for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:00:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DC10DE1139 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:00:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ukfsn.org (mail.ukfsn.org [77.75.108.10]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15A64E1165 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (smtp-filter.ukfsn.org [192.168.54.205]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B6FCDECF8 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([192.168.54.25]) by localhost (smtp-filter.ukfsn.org [192.168.54.205]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TcxxZdX3u9CA for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wstn.ethnet (unknown [78.32.181.186]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 018A3DECF6 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:16 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Humphrey Organization: at home To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] [gentoo-user] my gentoo amd64 does not have sound Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:15 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <53e35fd50912150415wf36ddf8jec91830200b85358@mail.gmail.com> <7a329d910912150738h2596b70ejbe3bbee05e365774@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7a329d910912150738h2596b70ejbe3bbee05e365774@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200912151815.15302.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> X-Archives-Salt: 090e3128-f9e0-4dfb-8cf8-046186a13cde X-Archives-Hash: 8b0db973773b018ed8c807b7532ccfc7 On Tuesday 15 December 2009 15:38:48 Wil Reichert wrote: > The T61 has audio buttons on it right? Have you tried hitting the up > volume button above the keyboard to see if the hardware mixer is muted > / turned down? That reminds me: on the T61 the sound starts off muted whatever settings you have. You have to touch the unmute button to get any sound. I have this in /etc/conf.d/local.start to save me having to do so: echo up >> /proc/acpi/ibm/volume HTH. -- Rgds Peter