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allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jul 13 2016, wabe wrote: |
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> > allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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> > |
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> >> On Wed, Jul 13 2016, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> >> |
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> >> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:55 PM, allan gottlieb |
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> >> > <gottlieb@×××.edu> 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 |
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> >> >> are 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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> >> >> |
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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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> >> |
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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 |
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> >> see a volume meter going up and down as expected with either |
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> >> headphones or speakers selected. When mute is pressed the meter |
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> >> looks dead, as expected. |
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> >> |
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> >> It also shows line-out is unplugged and headphones are plugged it. |
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> >> |
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> >> Any thoughts. I appreciate the help. |
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> > |
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> > Maybe the headphone amp or the headphone socket of your soundcard |
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> > is broken. Plug the speakers into the headphone socket and test if |
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> > you can hear something. For my experience you can do that without |
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> > the risk of killing something, but of course I can give you no |
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> > guarantee. :-) |
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> e> |
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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 |
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> think I have speakers that plug in. |
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If your headphones are headsets with microphones it maybe could be |
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that the headphone socket of the soundcard isn't compatible with |
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the plugs of the headphones. But that's just a thought. I never had |
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a soundcard where this was the case. |
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-- |
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Regards |
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wabe |
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