[xubuntu-users] Sound Setting - No Sound

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 12:43 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 11:06 +0000, John Deakin wrote:
> > Currently my Built in audio settings are for "Digital Stereo
> > (IEC958)..."
> 
> This is for coaxial and optical S/PDIF, IOW for the digital outputs. Are
> you using the digital outputs or are you directly connected to the
> analog outputs of your card? I never ever would install pulseaudio, so I
> can't help, 

Oops, broken English.

> however, you are seemingly connected to the digital ousputs
> and not the analog outputs.

I suspect you connect your headphones or speakers to the analog outputs,
but pulseaudio does rout the signal to the digital output.