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Re: [PATCH] pmac: sound support for latest laptops



On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 22:34 -0700, Brian W. Carver wrote:
> Whew,
> 
> I've got Ben's sound patch working under 2.6.12-rc2 on a 
> post-Feb '05 12" Powerbook. I detail the process for 
> newbies like me who need hand-holding here: Sound Working 
> on Post-February 2005 12" G4 Powerbook
> http://www.sharealike.org/index.php?m=20050416
> 
> One problem: The Powerbook's internal speaker is barely 
> audible when everything is cranked up to the max. I think 
> I may have skipped the kernel module called PC Speaker. 
> Was that a mistake? The sound works great when I use 
> headphones or plug in external speakers to the headphone 
> jack.

Have you tried playing with the DRC setting as I explained in the
patch ?


> And as an aside, does that therm_adt7467 module work 
> properly on the new Powerbooks? Since I've started using 
> this 2.6.12-rc2 kernel the fan seems to run non-stop. I 
> don't want the Powerbook to overheat, but I don't want the 
> fan to run unnecessarily either. Maybe I forgot to enable 
> cpufreq. Would that make a difference? Perhaps my 
> Powerbook is always running at 1.5GHz now. Thanks for any 
> ideas.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
-- 
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>



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