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On Wed, Jul 13 2016, wabe wrote: |
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> allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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>> On Wed, Jul 13 2016, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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>> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:55 PM, allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> |
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>> > wrote: |
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>> >> Hardware: Dell Latitude E7450 laptop |
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>> >> |
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>> >> Gentoo essentially all stable |
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>> >> Gnome / Systemd |
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>> >> |
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>> >> When I play a movie using totem it sounds fine if no headphones are |
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>> >> plugged it. |
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>> >> |
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>> >> No sound at all with headphones (I tried three different ones). |
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>> >> |
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>> >> The sound settings gui recognizes that headphones are in. The |
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>> >> sound test is silent. If I select the internal speakers in the |
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>> >> gui (with the headphones still in) sound is fine. |
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>> >> Is there some headphone option I must enable in the kernel or |
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>> >> elsewhere? |
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>> > |
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>> > The volume is probably muted for the headphones. Install |
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>> > pavucontrol, and execute it while the movie is playing. In the |
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>> > "Output Devices" tab look for your sound card (probably something |
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>> > like "Built-in Audio"), and in port select "Headphones". Then |
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>> > adjust the volume. |
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>> > |
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>> > Regards. |
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>> Thank you (and robot1). I installed pavucontrol and followed your |
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>> instructions. The volume was selected in the middle (100%). We see a |
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>> volume meter going up and down as expected with either headphones or |
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>> speakers selected. When mute is pressed the meter looks dead, as |
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>> expected. |
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>> It also shows line-out is unplugged and headphones are plugged it. |
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>> Any thoughts. I appreciate the help. |
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> Maybe the headphone amp or the headphone socket of your soundcard is |
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> broken. Plug the speakers into the headphone socket and test if you |
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> can hear something. For my experience you can do that without the risk |
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> of killing something, but of course I can give you no guarantee. :-) |
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> -- |
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> Regards |
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> wabe |
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I can't do that this week. I can try it next week at home where I think |
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I have speakers that plug in. |
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allan |
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