[SLE] No sound in my headphones :-(

[Tarjei Huse]

Hi, I'm using SUSE 8.2 w/ Alsa on a dell inspiron 8500.

After switching from RH to SuSE I now got the strange problem that while
my loudspeakers are working ok, I cannot get the PC to switch to using
the headphones. If I plug the headphones in, no sound comes out of any
speaker.

I've tried fiddeling with alsamixer, but with no changes happening. Has
anyone encountered this problem before and know how to solve it?

Tarjei

[sjb]

Post by Tarjei Huse
After switching from RH to SuSE I now got the strange problem that while
my loudspeakers are working ok, I cannot get the PC to switch to using
the headphones. If I plug the headphones in, no sound comes out of any
speaker.
I've tried fiddeling with alsamixer, but with no changes happening. Has
anyone encountered this problem before and know how to solve it?

I had a similar problem - no sound from the speaker, but the headphones
worked, and no amount of messing with the mixer would make it work.
alsaconf, which has always worked for me in the past, failed to make any
difference.

In the end I removed all the alsa related material from modules.conf and
replaced it with a single line ..

alias sound-slot-0 trident

.. now the speaker is working properly and mutes when I plug in the
headphones. The mixer controls are a little odd, but it is possbile to
set the required volume with a little experimentation ;-)

Oh, this was with a Sony Vaio, BTW

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link
Controller Audio Device (rev 02)

sjb

[Hans Krueger]

I two have that problem and no fix at this time
I have this for hardware
Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator
SiS SI7012 - Controller
Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator
SiS SI7012 - AC'97

Post by Tarjei Huse
Hi, I'm using SUSE 8.2 w/ Alsa on a dell inspiron 8500.
After switching from RH to SuSE I now got the strange problem that while
my loudspeakers are working ok, I cannot get the PC to switch to using
the headphones. If I plug the headphones in, no sound comes out of any
speaker.
I've tried fiddeling with alsamixer, but with no changes happening. Has
anyone encountered this problem before and know how to solve it?
Tarjei

[Vincent Colombo]

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What type of sound card do you have?

Post by Tarjei Huse
Hi, I'm using SUSE 8.2 w/ Alsa on a dell inspiron 8500.
After switching from RH to SuSE I now got the strange problem that while
my loudspeakers are working ok, I cannot get the PC to switch to using
the headphones. If I plug the headphones in, no sound comes out of any
speaker.
I've tried fiddeling with alsamixer, but with no changes happening. Has
anyone encountered this problem before and know how to solve it?
Tarjei

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[Tarjei Huse]

Hi,

Post by Vincent Colombo
What type of sound card do you have?

The Sigmatel 9750, (driver: 82801DB AC'97 Audio)


Tarjei

Post by Vincent Colombo

Post by Tarjei Huse
Hi, I'm using SUSE 8.2 w/ Alsa on a dell inspiron 8500.
After switching from RH to SuSE I now got the strange problem that while
my loudspeakers are working ok, I cannot get the PC to switch to using
the headphones. If I plug the headphones in, no sound comes out of any
speaker.
I've tried fiddeling with alsamixer, but with no changes happening. Has
anyone encountered this problem before and know how to solve it?
Tarjei

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[Tarjei Huse]

Just thought I'd say how I solved this one:

Opened meny->multimedia->sound->gamix
Pressed the dot below "headphones"
And suddenly it worked!
Not obvious, but simple :-)
Tarjei

Post by Vincent Colombo
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What type of sound card do you have?

Post by Tarjei Huse
Hi, I'm using SUSE 8.2 w/ Alsa on a dell inspiron 8500.
After switching from RH to SuSE I now got the strange problem that while
my loudspeakers are working ok, I cannot get the PC to switch to using
the headphones. If I plug the headphones in, no sound comes out of any
speaker.
I've tried fiddeling with alsamixer, but with no changes happening. Has
anyone encountered this problem before and know how to solve it?
Tarjei

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[Darrell Cormier]

Post by Tarjei Huse
Opened meny->multimedia->sound->gamix
Pressed the dot below "headphones"
And suddenly it worked!
Not obvious, but simple :-)
Tarjei

Thanks for that info. I had given up on making my microphone work. I
followed your lead and opened gamix and unselected "As" on the
microphone and now it works.

Happily recording voice,
Darrell Cormier