Re: hp nw8000 and SuSE 9.3 pro - headphones not working

From: Jim (james_at_the-computer-shop.co.uk)
Date: 07/27/05 

Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:22:47 GMT

Thomas Ginko wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> the hp compaq nw8000 notebook has 3 buttons on the front panel
> for sound volume and mute, that only work with a special driver
> in Windows. I could live without these buttons working under
> Linux, but what's inacceptable, is that even whether the head-
> phone/line out cable is plugged in, is apparently also detected
> only by software. Thanks hp! *sigh* So when I plug in my headphones,
> the sound still comes out of the speakers and the headphones remain
> silent. Under Windows, there's a noticeable delay between plugging
> in the phones and switching the sound over from speakers to headphone,
> so this seems to be a software function.
> Has anybody around here an idea on how i could get the headphones
> working under Linux?
>
> TIA,
> Thomas

only come across this on my Dells, and the short answer is: I don't
know. Other than that on my Dells (Latitude C840, C400 and Inspiron
4100), the headphones kill the speakers on insertion (and yes there is a
delay, tho until now I'd never have attributed it to software!). Some
ACPI function, perhaps? 

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