Re: Tool to configure sound

On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:28:08AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:


I'm not sure if its been mentioned in this thread yet or not, but at
least some (well, okay, one -- mine!) distinguishes between onboard
sound and an external amplifier. My rig has two jacks on the front,
one for headphones and one for external amplifier. For some reason the
default configuration is to have the external amp *on*. This mutes the
rest of the sound (even if the channels don't show as muted in
alsamixer.

That could be the case, I suppose. I have three jack sockets,
headphones, mike, and one of thse symbols that might be almost anything

((o) <--a bit like that but with a horizontal line going through the
'o' and the right hand backet.

In the event you have this sort of configuration, unless you get an
external amplifier control in alsamixer, then you've not got the right
configuration and won't get sound. It took me a while to figure that
out... mute the external amp, and the rest of sound magically works.

Florian's idea of moving up to a backported kernel is a good one, IMO.

Hes, I am sure that is a good idea. Sadly I fear it will hae to wait
for a few days as I am rushed with things that matter more.

Thanks to both of you. I guess I shall start a new thread if the saga
continues when I get back to it (or maybe there will only need to be a
single "SOLVED" posting <crosses fingers>)

--

richard


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