Re: [Mactel-linux-users] MacBook 4.1 sound

[cyberdork33 <cyb...@gm...>]

No, the subwoofer does not work due to lack of driver support. and you  
are right that most people do not notice. They usually just complain  
that the sound is "tinny". I will see if I can track someone down at  
Ubuntu that has worked with ALSA on Macs before and see if he can help.
On Dec 6, 2008, at 6:45 AM, Magnus Rosenbaum wrote:

> cyberdork33 schrieb:
>> That is how we are handling it in Ubuntu as well...
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook_Santa_Rosa#Fix%20Sound
>
> There's no difference to what I tried. Do you get the subwoofer  
> working
> this way?
>
> I'm coming to the impression that many Linux users just don't notice  
> the
> lack of the subwoofer. They're confident with ANY sound coming out the
> speakers. Please take a sound file and play it in Linux and in  
> MacOSX. I
> don't even have to listen carefully to notice the difference.
>
> I wonder if someone will complete the driver. If I look on the ALSA
> website it does not really look like progress is going on. The bug  
> report
> is also already 4 months old and the affected MacBooks are around at  
> least
> since February.
>
> I would of course fix the driver, but I don't speak C.
>
> Magnus
>
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