On Wed, Jul 13 2016, wabe wrote: > allan gottlieb <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 13 2016, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:55 PM, 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 three different ones). >> >> >> >> The sound settings gui recognizes that headphones are in. The >> >> sound test is silent. If I select the internal speakers in the >> >> gui (with the headphones still in) sound is fine. >> >> >> >> Is there some headphone option I must enable in the kernel or >> >> elsewhere? >> > >> > The volume is probably muted for the headphones. Install >> > pavucontrol, and execute it while the movie is playing. In the >> > "Output Devices" tab look for your sound card (probably something >> > like "Built-in Audio"), and in port select "Headphones". Then >> > adjust the volume. >> > >> > Regards. >> >> Thank you (and robot1). I installed pavucontrol and followed your >> instructions. The volume was selected in the middle (100%). We see a >> volume meter going up and down as expected with either headphones or >> speakers selected. When mute is pressed the meter looks dead, as >> expected. >> >> It also shows line-out is unplugged and headphones are plugged it. >> >> Any thoughts. I appreciate the help. > > Maybe the headphone amp or the headphone socket of your soundcard is > broken. Plug the speakers into the headphone socket and test if you > can hear something. For my experience you can do that without the risk > of killing something, but of course I can give you no guarantee. :-) e> > -- > Regards > wabe
I can't do that this week. I can try it next week at home where I think I have speakers that plug in. allan
