On Sat, Jan 29 2000, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> If /dev/dsp is closed, and all the input mixers are zeroed, and all the
> outputs are at max volume... there still isn't any sound.
>
> So you can turn off the power.
>
> [Cc to CD driver maintainers:]
>
> It might be nice to add a notifier chain specifically for CD drivers to
> say when they're playing something and when they're not. Something very
> simple: notify when audio playing starts, notify when audio playing
> stops. Perhaps volume changes too.
>
> The CD/audio mixer interaction is very common, and with laptops we
> really do want subsystems to shut down when not in use.
Sure that sounds like a fine idea. Who do you propose we do this?
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