On 03 Feb 2007, John O'Hagan wrote: > On Saturday 03 February 2007 04:32, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 02 Feb 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 16:45:39 +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > On 02 Feb 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 13:58:42 +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > > My Thinkpad Z61M has no sound (apart from beep). > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > I remember a while ago somebody had problems with sound and it turned > > > out that they had to mute the headphones output before they would get > > > anything on the normal speaker output. I do not recall anymore if that > > > was in fact related to an Intel card or not, but it is a quick thing to > > > try. > [...] > > > > I'm even thinking of giving up in despair and trying Ubuntu! > > > Hi Anthony, > > Before you do that - and not to say that Nigel's answer isn't correct - I > suggest you try Florian's suggestion quoted above: I was the someone who had > that problem and the fix was simple: run alsamixer and mute the headphone > channel. > > (This is rather confusing but it means the headphone channel still works > when > plugged into, and otherwise the speakers are on. For some reason it was > unmuted by default, which switches off the speakers.) > > This was an Intel 82801DB-ICH4, so it may not apply, but worth a quick try. > > Regards, > > John >
Thanks to you and Nigel for suggestions. A;samixer doesn't show any entry for headphones. This is depressing. I'd researched things before buying this laptop and no on reported difficulties with sound. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
