On Monday 17 November 2003 05:20 pm, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > Ernie Schroder wrote: > > On Monday 17 November 2003 04:18 pm, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > >>Ernie Schroder wrote: > >>>On Monday 17 November 2003 03:36 pm, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > >>>>I have a laptop running Gentoo with the newest stable ALSA > >>>>drivers. The internal speakers work fine, but when I plug in my > >>>>external speakers, I get no sound out. Yes, they're plugged in, > >>>>the volume is turned up, etc. These are analog speakers plugged > >>>>into the laptop's headphone jack. > >>>> > >>>>Is there some kind of option to toggle analog ouput or > >>>> something? > >>> > >>>Are the speakers amplified? A headphone jack lacks the power to > >>>push unamplified speakers You might do better if you had a "line > >>>out" jack. > >> > >>Yeah, they are. This is a Creative Inspire 5500 set. The > >> headphone jack goes to my powered subwoofer, which in turn goes > >> to my speakers. It works great in Windows and with OSS drivers > >> in Debian. > > > > Ahhh... just for fun, have you tried headphones in the jack? > > Chances are that the jack is muted. > > Ok, no go on headphones either. So let's assume the jack is muted. > How do I fix that?
You should find help here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
