From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: rodney byne Subject: [RFC PATCH] Inverted internal mic Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:52:50 +0100 Message-ID: <1413813170.2451.0@rodney-AMILO-L-Series> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="Flowed"; DelSp="Yes" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from out.ipsmtp3nec.opaltelecom.net (out.ipsmtp3nec.opaltelecom.net [62.24.202.75]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58FF4261521 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:53:03 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Hello to David Henningsson and associates, I have been trawling the internet to find out why the internal mic on my Acer Aspire One AOA-110 netbook is permanently inhibited by Alsa. This little pc runs Linux Peppermint 5 OS, which contains PulseAudio ESD over-riding the Alsa sound architecture. Thinking initially this was a "programming" fault, I have read as much of the history up to the patch need as I can understand and so appreciate this action on your part was deliberate - but must comment nonetheless that this matter is disconcerting from a casual user perspective. In short, the owner just wants everything on his machine to work normally and so I would really like to use the internal mic function for what it was intended. Personally I have often wondered why PA was ever introduced, as Alsa & AlsaMixer are perfectly capable of working on their own, as testament to early releases of Linux Mint. My opinion is PA just makes the sound system too complicated. I call it guilding the lilly - so use the principle K.I.S.S My question therefore is, can the patch be easily lifted at will to re-enable the internal microphone? Thanks and best regards, from Rodney.