Regular Laptop speakers work, but my headphones will not.
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Regular Laptop speakers work, but my headphones will not.
When I play audio, the sound comes only out of the laptop speakers, not the headphones that are plugged in. I downloaded ALSA mixer and nothing on it seems to help, although at the top in the middle it says Intel IbexPeak HDMI, which I guess is my sound card. Does anyone know a solution?
What version of Linux are you using and which Desktop Environment? (This is information you should always include in posts, or add it to your profile.)
If you are using GNOME, you could try running gnome-volume-control and look in the Output tab.
I literally JUST installed Ubuntu yesterday, so i'm using whatever is the newest release.I have never backed up my files, largely because I have no files to back up yet. I'm thoroughly confused by ALSA Mixer, as it appears as just a white screen with volume control bars on it, and i'm not even sure which is which. I hate to sound so clueless, but i'm totally new at this and have very little idea of what i'm doing.
I literally JUST installed Ubuntu yesterday, so i'm using whatever is the newest release.
To says that you are using the newest release of Ubuntu because you installed it yesterday is a logically fallacy. I could tell you that I installed Ubuntu yesterday, but that doesn't mean that what I installed was the newest release. I could have installed from an iso I downloaded a year ago.
Quote:
Originally Posted by tankbuster24
I have never backed up my files...
See that line above it says "When was the last time you backed up your files?"? That's a signature delimiter
Look under Applications menu then under Accessories and run the Terminal application. At the command prompt type
Code:
$ gnome-volume-control
In the window that opens click on the Output tab and fiddle with the stuff in there, especially the Connector options.
I expect there's a way to get that gnome-volume-control window open by just clicking on an icon somewhere but I don't have a copy of the latest Ubuntu to hand. If there's a volume control icon in the top panel somewhere try right clicking on it.
If that doesn't get you anywhere post the output of
Code:
$ lspci -k -nn
This will give yield information about the chipsets you have and the drivers being used, which may help people help you.
Ubuntu uses a layer on top of ALSA called pulse audio. I wish they wouldn't, but they do.
Try opening the Gnome Volume Control, clicking on the "Output" tab, and selecting "Headphones." (No this should not be necessary normally, but it's a way to test--in most computers with built-in speakers, jacking in headphones automatically mutes the built-ins.)
Try booting to the Ubuntu install CD in Live mode or to another Live CD such as Knoppix and testing whether the headphones work there.
Are you dual boot with some other operating system? Test the headphones in the other operating system to rule out a hardware problem.
To those who have asked if I have changed my headphone settings; I have yet to see any setting, or even mention of the word "headphone" in either the sound settings or any of the applications I have installed.
Look on your panel (You may be used to calling it a 'taskbar'), Left-click on the little speaker shape, If just a volume control comes up, try RIGHT clicking, after that look for an option (should be on the bottom) that says PREFERENCES (or Sound preferences), click that, and a window should open, on the top of that window 3- maybe 4- tabs to the right you will see OUTPUT, Left click, and there should be a drop down menu that will most likely say 'Speaker' -OR- 'output' ... You want to click on that and change it to 'Headphones'.
METHOD B:
Click on the Panel menu (windows would call it the start button) Go to-> Control Settings|| find->Sound|| locate the tab that says->Output (3rd or 4th to the right)|| Click the drop menu and change to->Headphones||
At least that is how it works in my version of Zorin which is built on ubuntu, and in my version of dreamlinux which uses ALSA.
If this is not descriptive enough, I have screen shots of me changing mine from speakers to headphones, and will be glad to post if needed. I wish you the best of luck!
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