How to get headphones only ??

[Drakkor]

Yeah, how can I shut out my speakers and get headphone sound only ? Guess I got the OSS mixer.

[Drakkor]

no one has any idea ??

[eightmillion]

This can be a real pain. I had the same problem with Gutsy. My upgrade to Hardy fixed the issue. Could you run the command

lspci -v

and post the output of the Audio section?

[ajmorris]

Yeah, how can I shut out my speakers and get headphone sound only ? Guess I got the OSS mixer.

Hi there,
what sound card do you have? (post the output of sudo lspci if you dont know) and what driver are you using for your card?
Also, have you tried running sudo alsaconf to reconfigure alsa to use the correct driver? (if you are using ALSA)

AJ

[Drakkor]

OK, here's the output of

lspci -v

00:09.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP73 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0137
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at fea78000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

[Drakkor]

*bumpitybumpbump*

[ajmorris]

OK, here's the output of

lspci -v

00:09.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP73 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0137
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at fea78000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

ok, you will want snd-hda-intel for that sound card. Run sudo alsaconf and select it as the driver. Then test your headphones again. If that doesnt work, can you post the output of sudo lsmod. I would like to see which driver is in use.

AJ

[Drakkor]

OK, here we go !
Edit: A note here, I have a tvtuner card,and a SBLive soundcard,and onboard sound. I tried deactivating the onboard sound,in the bios,but it still didn't work

drakkor@drakkor-desktop:~$ sudo alsaconf
sudo: alsaconf: command not found
drakkor@drakkor-desktop:~$ sudo lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipv6 267780 10
af_packet 23812 2
binfmt_misc 12808 1
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
vboxdrv 60720 0
ppdev 10372 0
acpi_cpufreq 10796 1
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 1
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
freq_table 5536 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
container 5632 0
sbs 15112 0
sbshc 7680 1 sbs
video 19856 0
output 4736 1 video
dock 11280 0
battery 14212 0
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
ac 6916 0
sbp2 24072 0
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
snd_emu10k1_synth 8064 0
snd_emux_synth 36224 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 8192 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 7552 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_bt87x 16868 1
bt878 11832 0
tuner 42912 0
tea5767 6788 1 tuner
tda8290 12420 1 tuner
tuner_simple 10248 1 tuner
mt20xx 13192 1 tuner
tea5761 6020 1 tuner
tvaudio 24476 0
snd_emu10k1 146880 3 snd_emu10k1_synth
msp3400 32160 0
snd_ac97_codec 101028 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hda_intel 344728 3
ac97_bus 3072 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
bttv 175860 1 bt878
ir_common 36100 1 bttv
snd_pcm 78596 5 snd_bt87x,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel ,snd_pcm_oss
compat_ioctl32 2304 1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit 7300 1 bttv
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
videobuf_dma_sg 14980 1 bttv
videobuf_core 18820 2 bttv,videobuf_dma_sg
usblp 15872 0
psmouse 40336 0
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
snd_page_alloc 11400 4 snd_bt87x,snd_emu10k1,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 5632 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
btcx_risc 5896 1 bttv
tveeprom 16656 1 bttv
videodev 29440 1 bttv
v4l2_common 18304 5 tuner,tvaudio,msp3400,bttv,videodev
serio_raw 7940 0
wmi_acer 9644 0
emu10k1_gp 4608 0
gameport 16008 2 emu10k1_gp
v4l1_compat 15492 2 bttv,videodev
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_hwdep 10500 3 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_hda_intel
snd_rawmidi 25760 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi
nvidia 7825536 34
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 54224 9 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,s nd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi _event
snd_timer 24836 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 8 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_s eq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_ seq
agpgart 34760 1 nvidia
snd 56996 28 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_bt87x,snd_emu10 k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mi xer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_hwde p,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
button 9232 0
shpchp 34452 0
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
i2c_core 24832 12 tuner,tea5767,tda8290,tuner_simple,mt20xx,tea5761, tvaudio,msp3400,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,nvidia
soundcore 8800 1 snd
evdev 13056 4
pcspkr 4224 0
ext3 136712 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
sg 36880 0
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 3
pata_amd 14212 0
usbhid 31872 0
hid 38784 1 usbhid
usb_storage 73664 0
libusual 19108 1 usb_storage
ata_generic 8324 0
ohci1394 33584 0
ahci 28420 2
pata_acpi 8320 0
ieee1394 93752 2 sbp2,ohci1394
ohci_hcd 25348 0
libata 159344 4 pata_amd,ata_generic,ahci,pata_acpi
ehci_hcd 37900 0
scsi_mod 151436 6 sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,usb_storage,libata
forcedeth 51980 0
usbcore 146028 7 usblp,usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,ohci_hcd,ehci_hc d
thermal 16796 0
processor 36872 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50708 3
drakkor@drakkor-desktop:~$

[ajmorris]

to run alsaconf you will need to install the alsa-utils package from the repos.