[ale] headphone / speaker problems

[Ron Frazier]

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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