[LAU] mute laptop speakers with Intel HDA

[Takashi Iwai]

At Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:58:41 -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.

An interesting rumor.  Where did you hear such a thing?


Takashi