[TriLUG] How to get laptop earphone jack to work?

[Steve Litt]

On Friday 11 January 2008 09:46, Owen wrote:
> Try running alsamixer from the command line and see what options you
> have available. On my desktop, which has an internal speaker and
> therefore basically has the same setup as your laptop, I have two
> "items" I can play with: "Headphone" and "Headphone Jack Sense". First
> of all make sure you have the Headphone unmuted, and then make sure you
> have the Jack Sense on. The Jack Sense is used to detect when you have
> something plugged into the headphone plug.
>
> BTW, in case you haven't used alsamixer before, use the arrow keys to
> move left and right amongst the items, the "m" key for toggling mute or
> on/off, and Esc to exit.
>
> Let us know if that works for you.
>
> Owen

Thanks Owen,

AlsaMixer shows four adjustments:

	Master
	PCM
	Line
	Mic

All are on, none is muted. There's nothing for "headphone".

Thanks

Steve