Info and help for HP TX2500 Series

[Favux]

Hi mdb17,

Did you restart? Did you turn up the volume sliders? You're sure you have a TX2500? What's your model number?

Gali98 may have even posted the fix on this thread, maybe with more info., maybe more than once. It would have been sometime between September to December. Probably October or November. Quite a few posts to go through though.

[mdb17]

hey thank you for the quick response and yes i did all those things but i didnt copy and paste the last letter but as soon as i did it worked great,
thank you for all the help.

[mdb17]

i have another question, the volume buttons on the top of my keyboard will bring up the on screen volume meter but it doesnt actuall change the volume what can i do to fix that?

[tC_Crazy]

Going along with the sound questions, has anyone made any progress with the internal mic (or even an external one plugged into the mic jack)? I really want to use skype, but not waste money on a USB microphone. Chances are, I would get one that wouldn't work with Linux, anyway.

[Favux]

Hi mbd17,

They work fine on my TX2000. Let me ask you a question, does the DVD key on the bezel work for you?

Hi tC_Crazy,

I'm not sure. I'll have to think about it. I may have seen someone saying they got it working after doing a bunch of Alsa files changes. I may have seen someone say don't bother, quality is terrible. I just don't remember right now.

[mdb17]

the play pause buttons work and i haven't tried the dvd one. the buttons respond and when you press then the master volume pops up and will go up and down and mute it just doesn't actually make any changes to actual sound levels.

[Favux]

Hi mdb17,

Try the DVD key. It probably works too if play/pause does. I don't know what to tell you. Like I said mine work.

[mdb17]

no the dvd key doesnt work. oh well its not a big deal. has anyone coame up with a soulution for the mic yet?

[Favux]

Hi mdb17,

At the bottom of this HOW TO is the Key code Addendum. It has gali98's fix for the DVD key and gets the play/pause key to give a key code so we can bind it for rotation. We call it the "Q" key. I don't know if it will help your volume keys or not.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=996830

I do not understand the fix, and it sounds like it will break your play/pause button. Mine didn't work before using the "fix", so it didn't matter to me. Since I don't understand it I don't know how to reverse it. So think about it before you decide to use it.

[mdb17]

thank you for your help. i think i would rather have play pause then the volume