check either with alsamixer and make sure the headphone jack isn't muted, or look into pulseaudio if you're using that, although I can't help much there as I don't use pulse.
On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 8:25 AM allan gottlieb <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote: > Hardware: Dell Latitude E7450 laptop > > Gentoo essentially all stable > Gnome / Systemd > > When I play a movie using totem it sounds fine if no headphones are > plugged it. > > No sound at all with headphones. I tried a few, one with a microphone > several without. > > The gnome sound settings gui recognizes that the headphones are in but > the sound test is silent. If, with the phones still in, I select the > internal speakers, all sounds well. > > I installed pauvcontrol and selected "Output Devices". > When I selected "Speakers" as the port the volume meter moves around > normally and the sound is fine. > When I selected "Headphones (plugged in)" as the port the volume meter > again moves around normally but there is no sound. > > This laptop dual boots windows. I played the same movie on windows and > sound was normal both with the speakers and the headphones. > > What should I try next? > > thanks, > allan > >
