Re: Sound in x61 (was VMWare)

[sl@9front.org]

> i'm having a little trouble myself with my x61. everything seems in
> order (and i've bound #A), but play(1)ing a (known-good) mp3 fails to
> produce any sound. play exits after exactly the expected time, verified
> with date ; play 01* ; date.

On my x61t 7767-01u:

% pci -v # irrelevant portions ommitted
0.27.0:	aud  04.03.00 8086/284b  11 0:fe020004 16384 1:00000000 16
	Intel Corporation 888 Microsoft UAA bus for HD audio

% cat '#'A/audiostat
bufsize   1024 buffered      0
codec  0 pin  17
pin  17 out jack ext right hpout green
pin  18 out fix int N/A speaker ? eapd
pin  19 out nothing int rear speaker ? eapd
pin  20 in jack ext right micin red
pin  21 in fix int N/A micin ?
pin  22 out nothing int special cd ?
pin  23 in nothing int top micin ?
pin  24 in nothing int top micin ?
pin  26 in fix int rear other black
pin  27 out nothing sep rear spdifout black
pin  28 out jack sep rear micin red

% cat '#'A/volume
master 100 100
speed 44100
delay 882

Note that the lowest pin number is the line out. Assuming your
hardware is the same as mine, to use the speaker you would use
to do:

% echo pin 18 >/dev/audioctl

I just put this in /cfg/$sysname/termrc.

-sl