Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:32:31 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Sony VGN-A290 Message-ID: <20041230103231.GA1428@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <41D33DAA.2010707@root.org> References: <20041229093006.GB8264@genius.tao.org.uk> <41D2F750.4080204@root.org> <20041229201236.GB14714@genius.tao.org.uk> <41D33DAA.2010707@root.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 03:28:42PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > > > >Yup, the defaults appear to be ok. > > > >My guess is that the cd audio is routed via the laptop controller or > >something. There's something funny going on. The docking station has > >it's own amp and speakers and when the laptop is plugged into it I get > >no sound out at all, but it returns when I disconnect the laptop; the > >internal speakers get re-enabled. > > Oh, I see. I thought you couldn't hear the CD player whether or not you > are docked. > Unfortunately that's the case, I'm not sure why. I'm taking to ripping the audio and playing it using the pcm device instead as I can't hear it natively, dock or no dock. > You can see your ACPI view of the device tree with: > acpidump -d | grep Device > > You'll probably have a DCK (dock) device that has some sound device > under it. We don't have much docking support currently but if you boot > while docked, devices on it should work fine. I have patches for basic > docking support but the problem is there are many device drivers that > don't handle this properly yet. For instance, if you have a floppy > drive bay in the dock, the fdc(4) driver doesn't know yet how to handle > an undock event. We're just lucky that most laptops so far let the BIOS > handle things. I'll take a look when I'm next docked to see what appears there. When docked I get no sound at all. It would be good to get that working. Joe -- Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ ================ An eclectic mix of fact and theory. ================= [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkHT2T4ACgkQXVIcjOaxUBZOHACgyvGl8Ro5Q9bd9BfD4hlLrXrb QSEAoLOmBz2VZHZifrQrBLyZaf4z2G+a =893r -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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