niggly issue with earphone

[David C. Curtis]

On 11-11-05 01:40 AM, G. wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Ernest Doub<hideserted at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 10:52 AM, G.<pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 7:29 AM, G.<pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> On Ubintu 11.10 upgrade from 11.04, after I plug in then remove
>>>> earphones, there is no sound from the external speakers.  I checked
>>>> the sound settings and nothing is muted.
>>>>
>>>> Aft F@ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav produces no sound.
>>>>
>>>> List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
>>>> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
>>>>   Subdevices: 1/1
>>>>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am using a Samsung netbook N110.
>>>>
>>>> Need any other info, please let me know.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> gary
>>>>
>>>
>>> To clarify, the speakers I am referring to are the computer's build in
>>> speakers, not external one.  My mistake.
>>>
>>> garyk
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>>
>>
>>  From your description this looks like a hardware problem.  If you have the
>> capability to test the sound system through the USB port with external
>> amplified speakers this will verify whether this is a software or a
>> hardware issue.
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>>
>
>
> Apparently not.  I do not have the problem in windows.  This problem showed
> up after I upgraded to 11.10, but not right away.

Did you check the mute setting with the earphones unplugged? I am seeing 
behaviour now on my netbook where earphones and speakers have separate 
mute status and Ubuntu seems to recognise if the earphones are plugged 
in or not. And yes, this behaviour is quite new.

Dave