On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:04:59 -0400 Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
oh, Princeton. how prestigious : ) > Chuanwen: Personally I have never encountered a situation where on a > laptop the volume control etc. is different between the attached > speakers and headphones. I've always assumed (someone correct me if I > am wrong) that the switching between headphones and the attached > speakers is hardware and not software. This is true; the headphone jacks usually have an integrated disconnect switch for the internal laptop speakers, to be tripped when a plug is inserted. >If that is the case then you > might have a hardware issue. I doubt it, since they work in windows. More likely, this new-ish sound card is going to require a bit of tweaking to get working properly. > On the other hand, I am not sure how to read your alsamixer output. > Perhaps post output from 'amixer'? It too think this would be very helpful. amixer will list each of the device controls, so we can see if it's just a simple unmuting of something you missed (i doubt it). -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list