On 02/24/2018 02:10 PM, Glenn English wrote:
On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:I have two sound devices--HD-AUDIO GENERIC (which corresponds to HDMI) and HDA ATI SB (Realtek chip which I use for sound output). Selecting the HDA ATI SB card in alsamixer (F6) was fruitless (although you can eventually unmute muted channels there to positive effect). I installed pavucontrol, and in the Configuration tab turned the HDMI profile off and the analog duplex output which corresponds to my Realtek chip on. As I have no speakers, in Output Devices I selected headphones (I do have headphones). I now have sound through the headphones.Still nothing here. pavucontrol was already installed, so I ran it. It came up in theOutput Devices mode.
Did you goto the right-most tab "Configuration"? That is where you can turns things on/off. Mine is
HDA NVidia Off HDA NVidia Off Built in Audio Off USB Audio Device Analog Stereo Output and Analog mono Input CM106 Like Sound Device Analog Surround 7.1 OutputTurn OFF what you don't need/want and configure what you do have. My BEST luck is using USB. Stinkin' stereo jacks have to figure if your speakers are directly connected or amplified. Doesn't always work out on laptops especially. The USB audio device is my USB stereo headphones, and the CM106 Like Sound Device is my USB 7.1 sound setup to blow my neighbors into the next county. Hope this helps, USB seems to work best. Ric
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