Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752010AbWJWVWF (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:22:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752011AbWJWVWF (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:22:05 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]:56784 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752010AbWJWVWD (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:22:03 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=pawuuFYYtKrrrU5YQHv8XhCKnvNJdxNgy8Hc6NsY0hCgvmLpbA+bv89TMr0bL+YzdIofRmuhd8f+pYF9QWOWUMlD1sTeu4fP4oQkzQnA0yHsFfr8aBpDv83bccIGL/eSt7XU//2xmx0yYS19TJgL7Q0qmGsK51tVgYSMiKFaZCc= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:22:01 +0000 From: "Adam Henley" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PC speaker listed as input device In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 800 Lines: 22 On 23/10/06, Panagiotis Issaris wrote: > Hi, > > While trying to get my Hauppauge's remote control working, I noticed that my > PC speaker is getting recognized as an input device. This seems very weird > to me, is there some logic behind this? Simple, all speakers are microphones! (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22a+speaker+as+a+microphone%22) Though I don't know the real reason for recognising a speaker as an input device, this could be a "logical" explanation :o) regards, adam (should probably reply to lkml as well...) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/