Re: No sound on earphones after setting up HDMI
I'd suggest checking alsamixer and/or gnome-alsamixer and make sure the
appropriate jacks (on my system, "front") have not been muted.
Carl
On Fri, July 27, 2012 8:57 pm, Otto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just can't hear anything from my earphones.
> The notebook is a Lenovo G460-06777VP, which has this soundcard:
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High
> Definition Audio (rev 05)
>
> Today I was trying to set up HDMI to connect to the laptop. The video
> output was fine, but the audio one was not.
> I had to run the following commands to make audio work:
>
> # m-a update
> # m-a prepare
> # m-a a-i -t alsa-source
>
> This last one downloaded and compiled something.
>
> I also had to create file /etc/asound.conf containing the following line:
> pcm.!default hdmi:Intel
>
> Finally, HDMI video and audio were fine.
>
>
> Later, I removed the HDMI cable and decided to use the earphones. Now they
> simply output nothing!
> I removed the /etc/asound.conf file and still have no sound. Rebooted and
> nothing.
>
> The laptop speaker is fine, the earphone too. The sound port is fine, too
> (I booted using a LiveCD).
>
> How can this be fixed? Thanks.
>
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Carl Fink carl@finknetwork.com
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