niggly issue with earphone [Bug 886748]

[G.]

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 8:19 PM, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 8:15 PM, David C. Curtis <dave.c.curtis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>
>>
>
> I tried that.  It is not muted.  At the moment I have no sound even
> though I just rebooted and have not plugged in the earphones!
>
> Thanks Dave.
>
>
> garyk
>


I filed a bug, #[Bug 886748]