[LAU] mute laptop speakers with Intel HDA

david gnome at hawaii.rr.com
Thu Aug 2 05:19:17 EDT 2007


Ken Restivo wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 11:58:41AM -1000, gnome at hawaii.rr.com wrote:
>> The reason you see the options for "caller ID" and "off hook" is that 
>> the Intel HDA chipset also includes a modem. My laptop uses Intel HDA, 
>> and I'm used to the modem part showing up as if it were an audio device.
>>
>> The audio works on my laptop except for an inability to record from the 
>> mic input. Last I heard, ALSA was blaming the kernel, and kernel 
>> developers were blaming ALSA. Although I haven't tried it since my most 
>> recent kernel update.
>>
>> $8 USB audio dongle? Where did you find such a thing? Tell me more.
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> This says it all:
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-Virtual-5-1-Channel-3D-Audio-Sound-Card-Adapter_W0QQitemZ130138471631QQihZ003QQcategoryZ3701QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks, even though that one's closed. I'll look around for some more - 
cool!

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David
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