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luckybc

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[SOLVED] Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop - Play without Channel Sound Card

Hi everyone,

I have a trouble about listening no headphone because my laptop only has 1 slot, but my headphone has 2 connectors, the  earphone and the microphone. When I plug the earphone connector in the slot, nothing happens. But if it's in Windows 8.1, I can play. What driver I need for.

Have someone help me ?

Last edited by luckybc (2015-12-09 16:04:07)

ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop - Play without Channel Sound Card

I don't think this is a problem with the headphone.    Do other headphones work on this machine?
Are you using Pulseaudio?
Can you get audio out of your speakers?
What audio chip set does it use?  (post the output of lspci -nn  )

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luckybc

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Re: [SOLVED] Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop - Play without Channel Sound Card

Yes, I can play with the speaker, but the headphone was not. And I'm using pulseaudio.

The output of lspci -nn:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1566]
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] [1002:9851]
00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini HDMI/DP Audio [1002:9840]
00:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:156b]
00:02.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1 [1022:1439]
00:02.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1 [1022:1439]
00:02.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1 [1022:1439]
00:08.0 Encryption controller [1080]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1537]
00:10.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller [1022:7814] (rev 11)
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7804]
00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 39)
00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 39)
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:780b] (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 02)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:780e] (rev 11)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1580]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1581]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1582]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1583]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1584]
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1585]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 07)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0036] (rev 01)

I don't think this is a problem with the headphone.    Do other headphones work on this machine?
Are you using Pulseaudio?
Can you get audio out of your speakers?
What audio chip set does it use?  (post the output of lspci -nn  )

Last edited by luckybc (2015-12-09 15:36:32)

ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop - Play without Channel Sound Card

I am not familiar with AMD stuff, so let's ignore that for now.  I think that is safe as you do have audio via the speakers.
When you plug in the headphones, does audio to the speakers mute automatically?

Have you installed pavucontrol?  If you run that program, there are audio level meters associated with the head phones.  Are the audio level meters "bouncing"? Is the volume turned up?
If you run alsamixer and select your sound card (not pulseaudio, but the actual sound system) with F6 (I think it is F6 -- I am not in front of a machine with alsa audio).  Is the headphone output enabled and is the volume turned up?

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luckybc

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Re: [SOLVED] Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop - Play without Channel Sound Card

Yes, that's right everytime I plug in the laptop, the speakers mute automatically.

But after I read about Getting S/PDIF output and did the following:

#1)
$ amixer -c 0 cset name='IEC958 Playback Switch' on #install alsa-utils package if you didn't install it
$ amixer scontrols

#2)
$ pulseaudio -k # install pulseaudio-alsa package if you didn't install
$ pulseaudio --start

#3)
#For the extenal sound device with usb
$ sudo pacman -S pavucontrol
$ pavucontrol #check if the extenal sound device with usb turned off, you should turn on it

#4)
#Play the sound player, for example vlc
$ vlc [your sound file]

The resulting make I can play with the headphone.

I am not familiar with AMD stuff, so let's ignore that for now.  I think that is safe as you do have audio via the speakers.
When you plug in the headphones, does audio to the speakers mute automatically?

Have you installed pavucontrol?  If you run that program, there are audio level meters associated with the head phones.  Are the audio level meters "bouncing"? Is the volume turned up?
If you run alsamixer and select your sound card (not pulseaudio, but the actual sound system) with F6 (I think it is F6 -- I am not in front of a machine with alsa audio).  Is the headphone output enabled and is the volume turned up?

Last edited by luckybc (2015-12-26 06:15:25)

luckybc

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Re: [SOLVED] Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop - Play without Channel Sound Card

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