What we know about alsa-policy-enforcement and alsaped?
 

Closed source package alsa-policy-enforcement.
http://wiki.maemo.org/Fremantle_clos...cement-package

License:
File /etc/event.replace.d/alsaped starts daemon /usr/sbin/alsaped, which uses config file /usr/share/policy/etc/current/alsaped.conf . If daemon is not running (killed, not started, uninstalled, somehow messed) N900 doesn't have audio at all. So it is very essential. Somebody have focused clever way to play with it: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=900

Is there way we can remove it entirely, but still have sounds on Maemo5? Somehow Nemo/Ubuntu/Debian handle audio (aren't they?).

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alsa-policy-enforcement: last updated 05 Nov 2009, made by janos.f.kovacs, krisztian.litkey and ismo.h.puustinen (@nokia)

pulseaudio-policy-enforcement (from MeeGo's git): initial version 07 Oct 2008. Made by same nokia-person (plus bunch of new)

Do they have something common?

Re: What we know about alsa-policy-enforcement and alsaped?
 

Please create new wiki pages as subpages of Fremantle_closed_packages. So for example: http://wiki.maemo.org/Fremantle_clos...cy-enforcement

Re: What we know about alsa-policy-enforcement and alsaped?
 

alsaped cannot be removed, because it is daemon which route sounds sinks/sources between HW sound input/output

Re: What we know about alsa-policy-enforcement and alsaped?
 

This sounds serious. But how is other operating systems using audio of N900? Can we make any noise with Maemo5 without alsaped?

Re: What we know about alsa-policy-enforcement and alsaped?
 

yes, you need to control alsa switches manually and also volume control.

open alsamixer and setup all switches...

Re: What we know about alsa-policy-enforcement and alsaped?
 

I see only one 'Master' when starting alsamixer on N900.
(alsamixer-1.0.20)

I have used alsamixer on laptop and I have 8 bars/switches on it.

Re: What we know about alsa-policy-enforcement and alsaped?
 

run: alsamixer -c 0
because thanks to /etc/asound.conf alsamixer will show only fake pulseaudio mixer...

Re: What we know about alsa-policy-enforcement and alsaped?
 

do not want to hijack this thread, but may it be related to problems we're facing here:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=83270&page=7
...?

Re: What we know about alsa-policy-enforcement and alsaped?
 

I changed address of wiki pages (but I also made some mistakes when moving and reverting). Working address updated to the first post (and http://wiki.maemo.org/Fremantle_closed_packages).

Re: What we know about alsa-policy-enforcement and alsaped?
 

apt-get remove alsa-policy-enforcement

alsamixer -c 0

One set of working values where 'working' means: mplayer is playing music, no headphones connected, audio can be listened.

Everything muted/zero/off, unless other said:
From left to right
PCM not zero (example 80)
HP DAC not zero (example 80)
Left_DAC_L1 not muted
Right_DAC_R1 not muted
Speaker On

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No idea how to get audio out of headphones (or use microphone)