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From: Ian Bloss <ianlinkcd@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] no sound through headphones (still bad)
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 16:43:05
Message-Id: CADopNUeuH3uCTC14pk6HiVAZF-s84CJrb-4Nu1OZrz334zbZ0w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] no sound through headphones (still bad) by allan gottlieb
1 check either with alsamixer and make sure the headphone jack isn't muted,
2 or look into pulseaudio if you're using that, although I can't help much
3 there as I don't use pulse.
4
5 On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 8:25 AM allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote:
6
7 > Hardware: Dell Latitude E7450 laptop
8 >
9 > Gentoo essentially all stable
10 > Gnome / Systemd
11 >
12 > When I play a movie using totem it sounds fine if no headphones are
13 > plugged it.
14 >
15 > No sound at all with headphones. I tried a few, one with a microphone
16 > several without.
17 >
18 > The gnome sound settings gui recognizes that the headphones are in but
19 > the sound test is silent. If, with the phones still in, I select the
20 > internal speakers, all sounds well.
21 >
22 > I installed pauvcontrol and selected "Output Devices".
23 > When I selected "Speakers" as the port the volume meter moves around
24 > normally and the sound is fine.
25 > When I selected "Headphones (plugged in)" as the port the volume meter
26 > again moves around normally but there is no sound.
27 >
28 > This laptop dual boots windows. I played the same movie on windows and
29 > sound was normal both with the speakers and the headphones.
30 >
31 > What should I try next?
32 >
33 > thanks,
34 > allan
35 >
36 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] no sound through headphones (still bad) allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>