>Number:         18797
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       audio no longer uncomfortably loud...only barely sufficient
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 25 09:16:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     TheMan
>Release:        1.6I vs. 1.6J (20021008 vs. 20021023)
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
	
System:

NetBSD this 1.6I NetBSD 1.6I (THAT) #136: Thu Oct 10 14:50:15 EDT 2002     andrew@this:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/THAT i386
esm0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: vendor 0x125d product 0x1978 (rev. 0x10)
esm0: interrupting at irq 11
esm0: SigmaTel STAC9721/23 codec; 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, SigmaTel 3D
audio0 at esm0: full duplex, mmap, independent

NetBSD this 1.6J NetBSD 1.6J (THAT) #138: Thu Oct 24 17:59:05 EDT 2002     andrew@this:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/THAT i386
esm0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: vendor 0x125d product 0x1978 (rev. 0x10)
esm0: interrupting at irq 11
esm0: SigmaTel STAC9721/23 codec; 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, SigmaTel 3D
audio0 at esm0: full duplex, mmap, independent

[pkgs built around 1.6G]
xmms-1.2.7nb2       X Multimedia System --- An audio player with a Winamp GUI
mpg123-0.59.18nb2   Command-line player for mpeg layer 1, 2 and 3 audio

>Description:

it used to be that with the volume knob all the way up on the laptop,
i could set xmms to ~50% in order to get a sufficient amount of
"music" into my ears to drown out the noise around me.  with a 1.6J
kernel built from sources ~2 weeks newer, the volume knob on the
laptop all the way up, and xmms cranked to 100%, the volume will reach
what 1.6I would call 40%.  this is just plain not loud enough.

>How-To-Repeat:

upgrade laptop from 1.6I to 1.6J, and play music.

>Fix:

no idea.  whimper.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: