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Sound from both headphones and speakers
I guess this question already had the answer here but I can't find it. I'm using 12.04.
Update:
The problem is that I can hear the sound from my laptop's speakers even I plugged in my headphones. ...
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Automatic Mute Speakers When Headphones are Unplugged
I listen to music almost any time I am on my computer. I often accidentally unplug my headphones. This has resulted in disturbing others around me. Does any one know of a way to mute the speakers (and ...
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restore speakers / headphones option
When I plug my headphones in after upgrading to ubuntu 12.04, it no longer mutes by speakers,and I also do not have a headphones output as I did previously.
I recall having to go into a conf file and ...
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Sound comes out of my speakers even when headphones are plugged in [closed]
I was rocking out to a crazy remix with my headphones plugged in, and someone sitting next to me informed me that the music was also coming out of my speakers. How do I make it so that when I plug ...
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5.1 surround sound with three 3.5mm jacks
Having an issue with sound at the moment. I am trying to configure my 5.1 surround sound but it will only work on the Front left and Front right speakers. On the back of my motherboard I have 3x3.5mm ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 speakers making no sound after booting?
I get this weird issue when you boot a certain time into 13.04, the sound doesn't work. Restarting the computer fixes the sound and nothing seems to be wrong after that. Would this be considered a ...
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Subwoofer problem in HP Envy
I bought a HP ENVY 6-1060ss, it has 2 front speakers and a built-in subwoofer. I can't get the subwoofer to work. I have looked around for answers, and found quite a lot, but still, nothing works.
I ...
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Analog and digital audio output at the same time
My speakers use a digital input, but my headphones use an analog input. I have them both plugged in, and when I want to use the headphones I just turn off the speakers and switch on the headphones. ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Can't find my Creative Bluetooth Speaker (D200)
I hope someone can help. I'm fairly new to Ubuntu. I recently bought a bluetooth speaker (creative D200). When I search for bluetooth devices on my laptop (Gazelle Professional from System76. with ...
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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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Sound from both speakers and headphones. Bug with Soundcard? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Sound comes out of my speakers even when headphones are plugged in
I just wanted to listen some music on my Notebook (Ubuntu 11.10), so I connected Headphones, and ...
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Getting the PC speaker to beep
There has been much written on getting the beep sound from Ubuntu releases over the years. Example: fixing the beep
My needs are slightly different in that I do not want to ensure sound card beeps ...
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How do you test multiple speakers in Ubuntu distributions?
I need to test the output of all speakers in a 5.1 system that runs 10.04 and 12.04 Ubuntu?
How do I do that?
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Problem with skype and usb headset
I have a problem trying to use my Senheisser USB headset with Skype, if I set my default output in my Sound Preferences to use my USB headset I hear everything in my PC through them including Skype ...
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Headphone jack does not cut speakers in 12.04
When I connecting my headphones to laptop, the speakers is still working. Where is the problem?
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Sound coming from both headphones and speakers on Lenovo G460
I've installed Ubuntu 10.04 yesterday on Lenovo G460. I'm unable to fix this problem after lot of tries in changing model in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf to thinkpad/auto/lenovo and many things.
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My laptop's speaker is popping after updating ubuntu 11.10
It's not the default alert sound. It's literally pops that happens 3 times in a row really fast. It didn't do this earlier today, but when I updated Ubuntu, the speakers started popping. It does it ...
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Redirect speaker output to microphone
Can I redirect the output of the speakers to my microphone? I don't want to turn on the speakers.
What I want to achieve is, say I'm doing a video chat and want the other person to listen to the ...
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How to get speakers working in 10.04, when they are silent at any volume?
Recently I installed Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit in my Sony VAIO machine and I figure out that speakers are totally disabled. At first I thought that the volume was to low, but that wasn't the case.
I even ...
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Speakers make tiny crackle noise every second, then trackpad stops working on a Dell Studio XPS 1640
So for the past few days, an issue has arisen that can't be ignored anymore with Ubuntu 12.04 on my Dell Studio XPS 1640 laptop. I've had 12.04 installed on it for months with no problems until ...
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Is it possible to use Ubuntu as speaker while playing music from a bluetooth-linked smartphone?
Is there a way to use the notebook as speaker for my smartphone? I linked them via Bluetooth and saw that the smartphone can be used as an input-Device for music and sound.
You can see it here:
My ...
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Mute sound on Headphone unplug?
Is there a way of muting sound from my computer everytime I unplug my headphones (Like a phone does) to stop sound then playing out of my speakers?
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12.04 Speaker Static
Since upgrading to 12.04, I've been having issues with my speakers:
They seem to be making an odd hissing noise (sort of like static) and they sound really tinny.
Is anyone else having these ...
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Loud pop on shutdown/reboot
Everytime I shut my computer down or reboot it there is a very loud pop/crack from the speakers. It sounds dangerous, like they are going to blow up. Is there a way to automatically mute the volume on ...
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How to play live microphone sound over speakers?
Is there a way I could enable live playback from microphone? It could use at karaoke or as a guitar amplifier.
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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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Sound Not Working Until Manually Enabled/Disabled
Alright, so I'm running Xubuntu 12.10, and whenever I close the lid to my laptop, or turn it off, I have to go into my sound settings-> Configuration-> then manually switch it from Analog Stereo, to a ...
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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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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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Cracking sound whenever I play a song
I successfully installed 12.04 on my computer which also has Windows 7. All works fine other than the songs that I try to play. Whether it be through VLC, Rhythmbox or Audacious player, I get a ...
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Headphone and built in speaker working together in Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Sound comes out of my speakers even when headphones are plugged in
If I connect my head phone to my laptop it doesn't stop my laptop built in speaker. Headphone works ...
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I got my z-5 Logitech speakers to work, but whenever I restart, I have to reconfigure them [closed]
This is the content of my alsa-base.conf file (for some reason, the entries preceded by # are bolded--anyway):
# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 ...
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Sound plays from laptop speakers only even when headphones are connected
I'm using a Dell Vostro 1014 laptop with Ubuntu 11.10. From the time I had Ubuntu 9.04, sound comes from the laptop speakers only even when I plug in earphones or external speakers. Also, if an ...
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How to test your speaker?
I'm trying to use skype in ubuntu 11.
But it fails.
It seems something is wrong with my speak driver, how can i fix it?
It's ok in Windows.
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Volume control not working on one account
I am getting sound out of my speakers but, the volume control is not working and in the sound settings there is nothing listed in play sound through and test sound is not working. I am only having ...
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Popping noise from laptop speakers
Recently the speakers have suddenly started to make popping noises every few seconds, although it can pause for irregular amounts of time. The sound is like that of when you plug/unplug headphones ...
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When I plug in headphones, my speakers mute, but nothing comes from the headphones
When I plug in headphones, my speakers mute, but nothing comes from the headphones. Also, there is a weird red light coming from my headphone jack. I am on a Macbook from late 2007, and have Ubuntu ...
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How to unmute a speaker channel?
A few months ago, I needed to mute the left channel, and the easiest way to do it was to use the gnome-volume-control tool. It has stayed muted since.
Since then I've upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10, and ...
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Laptop built-in speakers not working on an HP 625
After I did a fresh install of 11.10 but keeping my home folder which was used for 11.04, my laptop speakers didnt work anymore. Sound from analog headset still works, but would like to use my ...
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Inverted surround channels
I'm encountering an issue with surround sound on Ubuntu 11.04.
I managed to play sound trough HDMI but the channels are inverted.
For example when Pulse Audio plays on the center speaker, it goes ...
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I hear sound from microphone through built laptop speakers in 13.04. How to turn off?
I hear my echo from speakers. If I say something its looping and resonate. How to turn microfone sound output off?
We don't have Hardware tab at Sound Settings in 13.04
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Microphone and speakers stop working
I was trying to make a Skype call and then the microphone just went mute. I tried to solve the problem by restarting pulseaudio (with service as well as killing it with -9) and then the speakers stop ...
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How to connect Creative GigaWorks ProGamer G550W wireless speakers through a serial port
These connect through a device on a serial port transmitting audio signal via wi-fi. The traditional jack is on "the other" end of the system.
I could not find anything on the Creative Labs website ...
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How do I fix laptop speakers popping when no sound is playing?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on a HP Pavilion dv6. About a week after setting up my dual-boot Win7/Ubuntu, my laptop speakers began a soft popping sound on roughly 5 second intervals. It's the damnedest ...
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Speakers not working properly on HP Elitebook 8440p
Since the 11.10 I have this problem: when I start my notebook, Speakers do not work, Whereas headphones do.
After standby and resume, Usually but not always, Everything works well.
Any idea how to ...
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Built-in speakers in my Asus EEE PC 1000H netbook do not work after boot
I have to plug and unplug out something into the minijack, and then I am able to hear sound from my speakers. This problem re-occurs everytime I reboot my computer. I am using a Asus EEE PC 1000H, and ...
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HP DV7 Beats Audio alsa.base Modification. What should be the line?
My laptop has 2 front speakers + 2 next to screen + 1 subwoofer.
If I don't edit alsa.base I get 2 speakers under LCD.
If I put this in alsa.base, i get: $ options snd-hda-intel model=ref
I do ...
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Fix pavucontrol Alsa mixer with creative card
I have been desperately trying to get my creative x-fi soundcard to work with my 10.10 install and I am almost there! I have 1 speaker working and when I open volume control I see that my device is ...
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Update from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13
I have some problem about update Ubuntu. Once computer asked me to update version of Ubuntu from 12.10 to 13.04 (or 13... something like this). I click OK to update, but when the computer restarted ...
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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 ...
