Re: Can't get sound to work
On 01/17/2015 07:29 AM, Frédéric Marchal wrote:
My problem is now solved. I unfortunately can't provide a full scientific
analysis of what happened. I list every clue that might help anybody else
facing the same problem.
All you had to do was to mute the HDMI stuff to make it easier on alsa.
More features, more choices. HDMI wasn't even an option until a few
years ago. Welcome to the new Linux! <cackles>
I betcha you have only one jack, that is supposed to autoswitch between
audio-out and headphone-out. There is a huge difference. You still
haven't replied to where your headphone is plugged in, what type, etc.
My USB 6.1 sound device has only one jack per stereo channel out. My
sound system is amplified. After I plugged them up to each other and
played a file I thought the cones were going to fly out, it was so loud.
I had to unplug and plug and unplug again several times before the
device decided I merely need audio-out.
So, to test, put your headphones on again, raise the volume level as
high as it will go and see if you don't hear some quiet tinny sound.
Your sound card didn't correctly sense that you have un-amplified
headphones and it auto-set itself to audio-out. Or, jam in some USB
sound card and forget all the pain.
--
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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