XO-1 Build 802 doesn't turn off speaker amplifier

[Paul Fox]

james wrote:
 > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:00:29PM +0100, Tiago Marques wrote:
 > > As anyone ever measured this?
 > 
 > I've just measured it now.
 > 
 > Unfortunately my meter lacks accuracy on this range, but in two tests,
 > with or without backlight, without any battery, I saw a 20mA (+/- 10mA)
 > improvement as a result of disabling the amplifier with alsamixer.  The
 > hiss from the speakers also went away.  (I had to place my ears within a
 > few inches to be able to hear the change).  The input voltage 12.06V.

this sounds worthy of a trac ticket, as well as the attention of any
F11-on-XO1 folks.

paul

 > 
 > There was no change to the current consumed during suspend.
 > 
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