Hi, My son has a T430, and a headphone set with a built-in microphone. This uses the 4-connector 1/8-inch jack. I believe that he uses it for teleconferencing, listening and speaking. I think that is at least one of the use-cases intended for the combo jack. He runs Fedora18. You might ask a Lenovo representative if this is the way the plug should work. They sold the T430 to him with SuSE installed on it, so they should not be too offended if you ask about Linux support. You are a prospective sales opportunity to them, after all. /ken On 02/13/2013 01:17 PM, Djého Youn wrote: > thanks for all the replies, > > I'll check out all the stuff suggested then choose what I need... > let you know guys what's the outcome if someone is interested... > > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Joel Roth <joelz@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:joelz@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 02:54:26PM +0100, Dj??ho Youn wrote: > > oh yes, maybe you're right. > > although they say it's not combo ((These connections can be used > depending on > > the software setting): 1 x Microphone, 1 x Headphone), on the > picture of > > the same website I see only one jack 'hole'. > > so, maybe the 'software setting' means exactly that. > > funny, because on the other models which has combo jack, they just > say it's > > combo jack. > > > > anyway, good point. I won't buy anything with combo!!! (except > hamburgers) > > Hi, > > Before you give up on the Lenovo, I'd like to mention that I > have a Thinkpad, T410, with a single audio connector. > > It can take a regular 1/8" connector for stereo > headphones, but can also take a special pin > with four conductors instead of three. > > There are headsets using this single connector for mic and > audio. > > I put in a splitter, and was able to get sound > from a microphone, and output sound in the headphones. > > The audio chipset, according to lspci, is as follows: > > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series > Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06) > > Hope this helps, > > Joel > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Djého Youn <ydjeho@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:ydjeho@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > > on this german shop, they say it has NOT combo jack...I'm > confused now... > > > I defnitely don't want a combo jack. > > > and this reports under 12.10 and 12.04 is regarding combo jack or > just > > > general output? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:43 PM, michael noble <looplog@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:looplog@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Djého Youn <ydjeho@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:ydjeho@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > >> > > >>> what the hell do they mean by 'software settings'??? > > >> > > >> > > >> not sure about software settings, but from the English Lenovo > site it > > >> looks like it has a combo jack, which combines the mic and > headphone into a > > >> single jack. A quick search shows quite a few people have > problems with > > >> combo jacks and external microphones. You don't really say if > you need the > > >> input side to work, so if you are just using the output you are > probably > > >> safe. There seem to be reports of sound output working under > 12.10 and > > >> 12.04. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jae Ho YOUN > > > > > > http://jaehoyoun.com > > > http://advancedsituation.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jae Ho YOUN > > > > http://jaehoyoun.com > > http://advancedsituation.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-user mailing list > > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > > -- > Joel Roth > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > > > > -- > Jae Ho YOUN > > http://jaehoyoun.com > http://advancedsituation.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
