[ale] headphone / speaker problems

[Pete Hardie]

The advice I found recommended looking for the specific chipset on the
soundcard/mobo and loading that.  It suggested trial-and-error load
and reboot, so I don't think it's down to a science yet.


On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 21:49, Ron Frazier
<atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com> wrote:
> Hi Pete,
>
> I haven't loaded any specific drivers for sound in Ubuntu.  It's using
> whatever the system detected and put in at installation.  Do you know
> how I might troubleshoot that?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
> On 11/14/2011 09:23 PM, Pete Hardie wrote:
>> I was having this issue with Fedora 15, and the big G revealed that
>> it's the lack of the specific drivers for your soundcard that prevents
>> the headphone jack from pre-empting the speakers.  I updated my system
>> shortly after and rebooted, and I got the desired behavior.
>>
>> So if you have the specifics for your driver, make sure it's loaded in
>> the kernel and reboot.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 21:17, Ron Frazier
>> <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I had a couple of interesting experiences with my Ubuntu 11.04 (as of a
>>> few days ago) pc.  I thought I'd share it in case other people have the
>>> same issue.
>>>
>>> The first thing is, when I plug in the headphones, the external speakers
>>> still continue running.  I haven't found a solution to that, but have
>>> found a workaround.  I have the MSI 790FX-GD70 MB and I think it has a
>>> Realtek audio chip set.  If I'm running Windows, when I plug the
>>> headphone in, it pops up a dialog and asks me what I plugged in.  It
>>> defaults to headphone.  I acknowledge the dialog and the speakers mute.
>>>
>>> When I go to the audio preferences in Ubuntu, I have the settings for
>>> the sound set to 5.1 audio.  The headphones do work, as does the mic,
>>> but the speakers just keep running.
>>>
>>> I got around the problem by plugging in a USB audio adapter that I got
>>> with some headphones a couple of years ago.  Back then, I hadn't seen
>>> anything like this.  However, a search for USB sound card on NewEgg
>>> reveals about 200 options.  Once I set the audio output to the USB audio
>>> adapter, then the sound comes out the headphones and the speakers mute.
>>>
>>> At first, the USB adapter wouldn't work properly.  I found this article
>>> which said how to reset pulseaudio.
>>>
>>> http://www.ossramblings.com/using-usb-headset-adapter-ubuntu-lucid
>>>
>>> pulseaudio -k
>>> pulseaudio --check
>>>
>>> I have no idea what that did, but it worked.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Ron
>
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