Headphones are a set of two speakers placed over the ears to hear sound from the computer without disturbing anyone else. Headphones are connected to a computer or other audio-playing device by a jack on the end of the headphone cord.

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Nothing but problems after moving to 13.04

I upgraded from 12.04 to 13.o4 and like every time I perform an upgrade my system was very slow,and if I closed my laptop and put it in suspend then opened it again the display would not come back. (I ...
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I have no sound on my headphones, but i have sound on my speakers using Ubuntu 13.04

I have an Hp pavilion dv6 laptop and my headphones are not working properly. When i plug them in, there is no sound coming through them. But if i unplug them, the sound comes normally through the ...
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No sound via Headphones - temporary fix found, looking for permanent fix!

Ubuntu 12.04 In my 'Sound' settings, if I have no headphones plugged in, the 'Connector' field has 'Speakers' selected in the dropdown and I get good proper sound. As soon as I plug my headphones in, ...
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13.04 headphones not working [ASUS R500VM]

After recently succeeding with dual-ubuntu-win8 installation I got problem with my headphones not working. When I plug them my sound is muted. Tried many solutions found here , but not even one seems ...
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no sound in HP 620 laptop speakers

I had Windows 7 32 bit installed, but now installed Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. I lost sound in internal speakers - headphone sound works correctly. I tried almost everything - no effect. Alsamixer shows ...
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Sound on both Speakers and HeadPhones problem

I know there are a lot of questions like this here, but I tried them all and I couldn't make them work. I have a HP dv6-2190ep laptop. My sound card is HDA Intel IDT 92HD75B3X5. My Ubuntu is ...
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Lingot is not working.

I am using Ubuntu 12.04... I wan to tune my acoustic guitar using Lingot.... But it gives just no response to any sound... I tried changing the AUDIO_DEV = /dev/dsp to AUDIO_DEV = /dev/audio as ...
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Sound problems after upgading to 13.04

After my recent upgrade to 13.04 I am experiencing background crackling noises, particularly noticeable when using my preferred listening over headphones (Grado SR80's). The noise is only evident when ...
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No sound when upgrading to Linux 3.9 Kernel

I recently upgraded to the 3.9 Linux Kernel (on Ubuntu 13.04) and lost all sound at first, and then miraculously brought back sound to the speakers (after playing a bit with alsamixer, but still no ...
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[Xubuntu]Headphones audio don't work

i have installed xubuntu and it's all okey, but the sounds/audio don't work in the headphones also if are recognized by the system. Help pls Here there are some useful informations: Result of lspci ...
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Select speaker output with headphones inserted (Ubuntu 13.04)

I just installed ubuntu 13.04 on my desktop machine and have a problem with speakers and headphones. Speakers as well as headphones are working independently, but not together. Every time I plug my ...
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Alsa mixer mutes headphones every time I plug them [duplicate]

Ever since I updated my laptop from 12.10 to 13.04 I've been experiencing a strange behaviour with my Ubuntu installation. Every time I plug in my headphones the volume becomes mute. I can only unmute ...
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No sound coming from Asus laptop speaker and headphone with the version 12.04 and 13.04

I have a Asus laptop that used to run on windows xp, but now, No sound coming from the speaker and the headphones with the version 12.04 and 13.04
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Set Audio to the Speakers with Headphones pluggled in

For some weeks I was unable to use Ubuntu due to Windows 8 preventing its boot, so I noticed an interesting function that I missed in Ubuntu: In Windows 8 when I plug-in my headphones I was able to ...
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Headphone jack resets in ALSA when unplugged. 13.04

I have been able to get my headphones to work using the alsa mixer, but it resets whenever the headphones are unplugged or the computer is rebooted. I never had this problem with previous versions, ...
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Why doesn't the “Headphones” output have any sound? [duplicate]

I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a MacBook 2,1, and audio works fine. However, whenever I plug in headphones, both the sound in my speakers (naturally) and my headphones stops. I noticed in the sound ...
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Unexpectedly lost speaker output. Headphone output works fine

Yesterday when I opened my laptop I noticed that I no longer had sound from the built-in speakers. I carefully checked settings in Sound Preferences, and then dropped to shell and looked in ...
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My headphones mute AlsaMixer when I plug them in, HP DV6 12.04

Whenever I plug any type of headphones into one of the audio out connectors on my hp dv6, alsa mutes them, muting the "speaker" setting(see attached image). This also happened in Fedora, so it's a ...
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no playing sound from headset

I just moved on Ubuntu and my headphones/headset doesn't work, the jack is good because I was on Windows 7 and everything worked perfect. Sound card is ASRock 6 Series Chipset Family High Definition ...
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Headphone jack is not working with ubuntu 12.04 lts 32 bit [duplicate]

USB headphones work fine but it doesn't even register any headphones plugged in through the headphone jack. I'm running a gateway 5200s. I know a lot of people have been having audio problems but ...
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12.04 sound problem [closed]

My sound isn't working on ubuntu 12.04. When I go to the sound settings and jiggle the speaker jack the sound settings flips between "Headphones" and "Speakers" and it changes to the "Digital Output ...
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No sound on headphones on ASUS K55VM?

On my laptop, which is ASUS K55VM, there is no sound on the headphones output. I am dualbooting, I've checked the alsamixer and nothing really helped. Do you have any suggestions ?
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Speakers and headphones at the same time when using a DV6-2170

I am on a HP Pavilion DV6-2170US, running 32-bit Ubuntu 12.10. When I plug in my headphones the speakers AND the headphones play sound at the same time. The speakers should stop playing and send all ...
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Low volume in headphones

I recently installed ubuntu 12.04 and I'm having troubles with the sound. I tried this guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure But I seem to have an error when ...
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Set Headphone as output when they are inserted

I am having a bit of a problem with my headphones on my Macbook 2.1. For reference: The top output are my speakers, the bottom are my headphones, but the middle does not work. When I plug in my ...
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Sound Problems With Ubuntu 12.10

I get no sound output from my Ubuntu (through headphones). I have tried to: restart the sound driver run alsamixer Additional Information: I am running an audio cable to my stereo, I have the ...
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Sounds play through speakers and headphones

I am getting sound through my laptop's speakers as well as from the headphones. How can I fix this??
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Headphone jack disabled in windows, after using Ubuntu

I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Alienware M15x-R1 and love it, but whenever I properly shut down or reboot from within Ubuntu, when I access Windows my headphone jack doesn't work, it reads headphones ...
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Headset not muting speakers [duplicate]

Plugging in the headphones does not mute the laptops speakers, music does play out of the headphones but also continues to play out of the speakers as well. alsamixer's 'auto-mute mode' is already ...
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Stream Mixxx headphone output via IceCast

Just like the title. Is it possible to configure Mixxx and Icecast in such a way that the headphone output is streamed? (Instead of the master output) How? My laptop has only one sound card. I ...
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headphone jack doesn't work in windows 7 since installing unbuntu

i installed unbuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit fine with a cd on a differant partition speakers and headphones work fine in unbuntu but only the speakers work in windows 7. the mic works fine in both, the only ...
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Headphones not working on Windows after installing Ubuntu

2 hours ago I installed Ubuntu while listening to music on my headphones (wubi install). I then also played music on Ubuntu just fine, yet when I rebooted into Windows, without doing anything else ...
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Headphone automatically muted in ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]

I've a strange problem in my Ubuntu. Every time I plug a headphone my Speaker volume automatically gets mute and its gain goes to 0 dB as you can see in the figure below. I cannot unmute the ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 No sound from headphone on iMac

I get sound from speakers but when I put headphones no sound coming. From system sound settings I check, and it is not muted.
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Does Ubuntu have support for the Apt-X codec for bluetooth audio?

I cant find any confirmation anywhere. Does anyone know? If it is not supported, is support planned?
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Got the headphone jack working but sound settings disappeared - ubuntu 12.04

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on Lenovo Thinkpad E420s. Initially everything was working great, but after a while, the head phone jack stopped working. Speakers used to work just fine. So I tried out many ...
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Headphones and ubuntu 12.04 (again)

As the title says. The description is classical: the internal speaker works but plugging in headphones makes it go silent. I did try to install DKMS but it still doesn't work. lspci | grep -i audio ...
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Headphone jack only works when partially plugged in

Ubuntu 12.04.1 On Dell Inspiron 17. In Windows the headphone jack works fine. Installed 12.04 the first time and the headphone jack worked fine then as well. Ran into some issues so had to do a clean ...
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Weird change in theme

I've had something really weird happen to my 12.04. I was installing new desktop environments, and now I have no sound through my headphones and the "pop up" theme has changed. by pop up, I mean the ...
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Headphones not working in UBUNTU 12.10. I have DELL 5520 laptop. Speakers are working fine.

When I plug in headphones, I hear only the music in the song and the lyrics is played in an inaudible low volume. And there is a lot of noise also.
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headphones not working on Windows after installing Kubuntu 12.10

Sound was working fine on Windows, but yesterday after installing Kubuntu 12.10 the headphones in windows stopped working. The victim is an Asus N53SN laptop. In Kubuntu sound works like a charm, but ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 headphone faint beep on audio start and stop

I was wondering if anyone had experienced this before and if there was a fix for it. Whenever I play a video or any music, my headphones produce a faint beep whenever the audio starts or stops, the ...
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When I have headphones in my computer and I unplug them the sound (speakers) does not work

Sometimes I leave my headphones in my computer after shutting off my computer, when I come back to it I forget that my headphones are plugged in, which is fine, the strange part is if I unplug them ...
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No sound from bluetooth headset, but its detected

I have an bluetooth headset connected to my computer, the buttons play/pause/volume are working fine, but i have no sound in the headset, but in the speaker of the computer. In fact i played with the ...
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Headphones don't work on Dell Studio XPS 16 with Ubuntu 12.10

I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Dell Studio XPS 16 and the headphone jack isn't working. The internal speakers work fine. I have tried a lot of suggestions from different posts, but none of them work.
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Two sound cards with dynamic switching

I wanted to use my m-audio and on board sound cards the way I do while using Windows 7. M-audio is the "main" card which has the speakers plugged in. When I plug my headphones in on front panel ...
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Logitech H600 wireless headphones no sound?

I received a Logitech H600 headphone set as a gift. When I plug it in to my Ubuntu 12.04 computer, it shows in the sound preferences as both a sound input device and output device. I can select it, ...
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Headphones not working in Ubuntu 12.10

I've tried multiple ways to solve my problem as described in other topics in this forum, but none succeeded. The Headphones sound worked when I first installed Ubuntu 12.10, but after a few updates it ...
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Sound issues after trying everything

I cannot get my sound working properly, no matter what I do, there's always some problem. It's very annoying as it's the only thing preventing me from making Ubuntu my main OS. At the moment my sound ...
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head phone jack doesn't work MSI laptop

I have a MSI brand laptop and I installed Ubuntu onto it, everything works great but my headphone jack, i checked my sound settings and they say they see an analog out put. when I plug something in, ...

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