lenovo thnikpad r61

[sslaughter]

Hi all!

Can anybody give me the way to make R61 volume up and down working ??
I tried tpb, but i have alsa and kmix and when i set MIXER ON, then i have a communicate that it can't find mixer ( /dev/mixer )

i also tried kmilo, but it doesn't work ( i also don't know why )

do you have any other ideas? if yes, pleas post me every configuration that it need


thanks for help

[termite]

at a command line, type

[Jaglover]

/dev/mixer is not an ALSA device, it belongs to OSS. If you need this device turn on OSS emulation.

[Fuchs]

First of all, give me the output of amixer.
Then look with xev whether those keys produce key events at all.

Then bind them to volume up and down, either in kmix
or by binding them to a command (probably amix)
with your window manager.

You might want to take a look at my R61 install instruction
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Gentoo_2007.0_on_a_ThinkPad_R61
which works fine here, including the volume buttons.

However, I use alsa 1.0.16_r2, as the mixer changed a lot for
the soundchip in the r61, now mute works as expected.

Fuchs
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[sslaughter]

ok now i will ansewer to all your posts

First of all, thank you for all replies:

termite:

here is output:

[termite]

ok, it's not the same bug I had, I'm out.

[Jaglover]

I'm not a KDE user, but I installed it for my wife. Here's how I got those buttons working:
http://www.kde-forum.org/artikel/15079/KDE-352---multimedia-keys.html

[Fuchs]

sslaughter:

Only mapping the buttons via xmodmap is not enough.
(I should mention this in my thinkpad wiki entry)

Either you open kmix, right click on either pcm
or master, and then go to set global shortcuts
(or similar, it is german here)
(you probably don't have master in alsa 1.0.15, so use pcm)

There you bind XF86RaiseVolume and LowerVolume
to Volume up and down.

Make sure to start kmix with your environment.

If you don't want to depend on kmix you can
bind XF86Raise/LowerVolume to a amixer command
by using the hotkey settings of kcontrol (KDE control centre)

Just as a sidenote for kmilo and similar apps not working:

For some strange reason they detect the microphone
as the primary device, so you usually adjust the mic volume with the buttons.

Change the primary device in kmix / gnome-mixer and everything should be fine.

hth,

Fuchs
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[sslaughter]

Fuchs
it is working now - thank you. I think you can add info about kmix in your tutorial it's really helpful

Thanks for everyone

[Fuchs]

[sslaughter]

ok i have another question to you : have you starter Compiz-Fusion on your Thinkpad?
i started but it is worknig really slow ? Do you know why?

[Fuchs]

Yes, I do use compiz fusion.

If you don't have the R61 with nvidia: ignore the rest of the posting.
If you do have: I might have some advice for you

There are several reasons for it to be slow:
First of all there is a nv140 in the r61, which is a mobile chipset,
which has support for powermizer. This will clock down the gpu
when not in use to save battery life.

I recommend using indirect rendering with compiz.
Use fusion-icon to start compiz, so you can easily turn this
on and off and compare.

Then there are several Xorg.conf tweaks, so I recommend
using my Xorg.conf which is in my wiki entry.

However, you might have to change the font path,
as I use a font server.

compiz works fine, only animations are a bit slow,
but I disable them anyway, as I use compiz for it's functionality,
not for eyecandy.

Fuchs
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[sslaughter]

ok i will check it soon !

Thank you for help once more