Re: [gentoo-user] Something started muting the sound

[Robin Atwood <robin@binro.org>]

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On Monday 14 August 2017, Mick wrote:
> On Monday 14 Aug 2017 19:31:48 Robin Atwood wrote:
> > That's very interesting and would explain a lot except that I don't have
> > a dock! So does anybody have an idea as to why the TP has decided it's
> > been docked when it hasn't? There are not currently any other output
> > devices to select (AFAICT).
> 
> It could be a hardware problem.  Check the docking port has not been
> unlocked accidentally for some reason, no debris is shorting its
> connectors and that the BIOS menu does not report it being docked.  I
> think the audio output device symptom is controlled by ACPI, but before
> blaming bugs in ACPI I'd start by looking at the hardware in the first
> instance.

The docking slot is clear, there is nothing in the BIOS about docking and 
acpitool doesn't report anything about the docking state. The Dock option is 
on in the ACPI section of the kernel config.

Robin

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