On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:28:08AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > I'm not sure if its been mentioned in this thread yet or not, but at > least some (well, okay, one -- mine!) distinguishes between onboard > sound and an external amplifier. My rig has two jacks on the front, > one for headphones and one for external amplifier. For some reason the > default configuration is to have the external amp *on*. This mutes the > rest of the sound (even if the channels don't show as muted in > alsamixer.
That could be the case, I suppose. I have three jack sockets, headphones, mike, and one of thse symbols that might be almost anything ((o) <--a bit like that but with a horizontal line going through the 'o' and the right hand backet. > In the event you have this sort of configuration, unless you get an > external amplifier control in alsamixer, then you've not got the right > configuration and won't get sound. It took me a while to figure that > out... mute the external amp, and the rest of sound magically works. > Florian's idea of moving up to a backported kernel is a good one, IMO. Hes, I am sure that is a good idea. Sadly I fear it will hae to wait for a few days as I am rushed with things that matter more. Thanks to both of you. I guess I shall start a new thread if the saga continues when I get back to it (or maybe there will only need to be a single "SOLVED" posting <crosses fingers>) -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]