sound plays through speakers but not headphones 8.10

Try this: Start the volume control window (double click on the sound icon in the deskbar) and then pick the relevant mixer (ie. intel 12345) under the devices catorgory. It should show all your audio devices (Speakers are classed as pcm). If the headphone volume is mute then raise the bar and see if your headphones start working.

ok now the headphones work but the desktop speakers work at the same time.
If I turn down the pcm then neither the speakers nor the headphones has
sound just a popping noise....

On Nov 16, 2008 5:36pm, Laurie Clark-Michalek
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Ah, I seem to be blind. PCM does not control the speaker. The final bar named PC Speaker (This is on my laptop and should be the same for you) controls the speaker volume. Leave you PCM at full and then control the separate audio devices. Tell me if this works for you.

This is what I see. I don't have a control for my speakers....

On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 22:51 +0000, Laurie Clark-Michalek wrote:
> Your question #51576 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/51576
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> Laurie Clark-Michalek proposed the following answer:
> Ah, I seem to be blind. PCM does not control the speaker. The final bar
> named PC Speaker (This is on my laptop and should be the same for you)
> controls the speaker volume. Leave you PCM at full and then control the
> separate audio devices. Tell me if this works for you.
>

Well I'm very sorry but I'm totally stumped. I hope someone else can help you. Remember to try the ubuntu forums (www.ubuntuforums.org) and google.

Good luck,

Laurie

Please read this solved question https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/51565

Thank you

I've completed the following:

First please install https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

You need to have extra repositories enabled..

Please first enable the multiverse repository:

Open System → Administration → Software sources → [ Tab Ubuntu software ]
enable "Software restrictecd by copyright or legal issue ( multiverse )"
Close and confirm the repository reload.

Type the following command in a terminal (applications → accessories → terminal)

sudo aptitude install vlc

To get better dvd playback first you need to add the medibuntu http://www.medibuntu.org/ repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
here howto add https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu here the medibuntu available software list http://packages.medibuntu.org/

Then to install:

sudo apt-get update
sudo aptitude install libdvdread3 libdvdnav4 libdvdcss2
sudo aptitude install non-free-codecs gstreamer0.10-pitfdll w32codecs ubuntu-restricted-extras

Now along with the dual play of the speakers and headphones I get this error:

W: GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2EBC26B60C5A2783

You need to add the medibuntu repository...

Here the howto (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu) in short:

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then type:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

You may be asked to accept this package even though it cannot be authenticated.
This is normal; typing "Yes" means you trust Medibuntu.

Hope this helps

So.....error fixed...but back to primary issue. I still have sound playing out of both my headphones and speakers at the same time instead of just my headphones..... I've searched for solutions from other people that have had the same question but none of the solutions that worked for them work for me. Thank you if you can solve this.....

J

I have HDA INTEL -- it shows headphones as "switch"..... could it be that I'm missing drivers? Just thought that this amplifying information might help solve this issue.....

Still haven't solved this issue with speakers still playing when the headphones are plugged in...any suggestions?

on my system (Acer Aspire 6930) I found that my headphone jack was being picked up by Ubuntu as a "Surround" speaker jack... so I've un-muted that jack... you might try the other speaker outputs...

I also have an Acer Aspire 6930 and am having the same issues as the original poster.

I have plugged the headphones in to all sockets and I don't get sound out of any of them regardless of what settings i mess around with in the Sound Preferences. All jacks are un-muted on the HDA Intel panel and the headphone switch is ticked.

Any solutions for this one?

I've got a partial solution using amixer... I can now mute and unmute the main speakers from a launcher on the task bar and i've unmuted the headphone (which are wrongly named as surround)

To Un-Mute the headphones:
From a terminal window type the following command "amixer sset Surround on"

To Toggle the speakers from a launcher
Right click on the task bar and add a custom launcher
I've named mine: Speaker Toggle
Command for the launcher to run is: "amixer sset Front toggle"

If anyone knows how to automate this process by detecting the headphones being detected let me know!!