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johnwesleyfrench

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Registered: 2012-11-08

Posts: 1

Audio Jack Not Working, Speakers Are Fine

I recently installed Arch for the first time on my HP DV6 laptop.  I had been using Ubuntu for around five years and never had this issue.  Playing sound works fine from the speakers, but it is muted when I plug in my headphones.  I pulled up the sound preferences pane and it seems to recognize when I plug and unplug the headphones, but even after searching online, I am unable to find a solution.

Is there some setting by default with ALSA that mutes headphones?  Does anyone know what I should try?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mhyperbolic

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Registered: 2012-11-18

Posts: 30

Re: Audio Jack Not Working, Speakers Are Fine

Have you tried configuring ALSA ?

Maybe have a look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … Sound_Card or The ALSA entry in generel.

I had this problem with my laptop and had to configure /ect/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf to get sound from headphones.

akemrir

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Registered: 2011-07-23

Posts: 7

Re: Audio Jack Not Working, Speakers Are Fine

Do you mean laptop speakers or standalone speakers pluged in jack ?

Last edited by akemrir (2012-11-19 10:28:40)