From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED8B7138306 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:27:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C75221C295; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:27:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx2.cims.nyu.edu (MX2.CIMS.NYU.EDU [128.122.49.96]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6496221C094 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:27:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (smtp.cs.nyu.edu [128.122.49.97]) by mx2.cims.nyu.edu (8.15.1+Sun/8.15.1) with ESMTP id u6DJRjEm006160 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:27:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from E7450.localdomain ([12.42.137.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.15.2/8.15.1) with ESMTPSA id u6DJRge5024630 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:27:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: by E7450.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4D88B44472; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:27:42 -0400 (EDT) From: allan gottlieb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] no sound through headphones (OK through speakers) References: <87a8hl2zje.fsf@nyu.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:27:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: ("Canek \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Pel\=C3\=A1ez_Vald\=C3\=A9s\=22's\?\= message of "Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:01:26 -0500") Message-ID: <8737nd2v9t.fsf@nyu.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.1 (mx2.cims.nyu.edu [128.122.49.96]); Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:27:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.4 at mx2 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.73 on 128.122.49.96 X-Archives-Salt: cd4b71aa-130f-44aa-9d7a-7283776dcde0 X-Archives-Hash: 810ae57ca469a7e034acb3b6340e8b85 On Wed, Jul 13 2016, Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s wrote: > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:55 PM, allan gottlieb wrote: >> Hardware: Dell Latitude E7450 laptop >> >> Gentoo essentially all stable >> Gnome / Systemd >> >> When I play a movie using totem it sounds fine if no headphones are >> plugged it. >> >> No sound at all with headphones (I tried three different ones). >> >> The sound settings gui recognizes that headphones are in. The sound >> test is silent. If I select the internal speakers in the gui (with the >> headphones still in) sound is fine. >> >> Is there some headphone option I must enable in the kernel or elsewhere? > > The volume is probably muted for the headphones. Install pavucontrol, > and execute it while the movie is playing. In the "Output Devices" tab > look for your sound card (probably something like "Built-in Audio"), > and in port select "Headphones". Then adjust the volume. > > Regards. Thank you (and robot1). I installed pavucontrol and followed your instructions. The volume was selected in the middle (100%). We see a volume meter going up and down as expected with either headphones or speakers selected. When mute is pressed the meter looks dead, as expected. It also shows line-out is unplugged and headphones are plugged it. Any thoughts. I appreciate the help. allan