[gobolinux-users] bemoaning the lack of sound

[Nathan Middleton]

Alsactrl task comes with the system, just enable it.  Or you can set
it up on a per-user basis as well.  Here again aumix has that ability
using "aumix -S" and "aumix -L", but like said alsactrl is already
there.



On 11/23/07, Isaac Dupree <isaacdupree at charter.net> wrote:
> Isaac Dupree wrote:
> > What the heck??? I don't know what I did, but I just noticed that there
> > is now a red glow coming out of the headphone jack in the computer, and
> > the headphones have completely the expected behavior when plugging and
> > unplugging!  Although I can't seem to find a way to mute the headphones.
>
> inspired by https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/102818
>
> it seems the "Surround" channel volume and mute affects the headphones
> (as well as affecting the built-in speakers when headphones aren't
> plugged in)
>
> What does the red LED in the headphones place mean though?  Ah, this is
> the one and only effect of toggling IEC958: it controls whether that LED
> is on. (Why is there an LED there??)
>
> Now I _think_ I only need to find some way to restore the settings I
> want every boot-up (and possibly between suspend/resume if I ever get
> that working)
>
> (btw, headphones turning off main sound is a convention, but why does
> the OS seem to enforce it - provide no way to make sound through all
> hardware at once?  or does the hardware make that physically impossible?)
>
> It seems LFE stands for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Frequency_Effects .
>
> With headphones unplugged, (with my current test sound - voice -at
> least), only Front and Surround seem to have any effect: Front sounds
> slightly to the left, and more treble; Surround less locatable and more
> bass (if I'm using this musical terminology at all correctly with my
> untrained ears...)
>
> Playing from audio CDs with MPlayer seems to pause every few seconds,
> which sounds rather disruptive.  I can transfer the CD contents to files
> on my computer, which can be played just fine.  Any idea why the CD trouble?
>
> Isaac
>
>
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Nathan Middleton
nathan.middleton at gmail.com