[LAU] Jack, onboard souncard and headset

[Len Ovens]

On Thu, 12 Jul 2018, Len Ovens wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Jul 2018, Alf Haakon Pietruszka Lund wrote:
>
>> I encountered a small but annoying problem on my Toshiba Sattelite p850 
>> running an updated version of Ubuntu Studio 16.04 LTS:
>>
>> I'm currently in a location without my regular external soundcard 
>> available and wanted to do some project editing in Ardour.
>>
>> Running Ardour through jack outputs sound to my onboard speakers, 
>> however it would be convenient to listen through my headset while doing 
>> this. But speakers and headset turns silent as soon as I connect the 
>> headphone jack.
>
> Two things depending on which way your laptop works. Some internal audio 
> setups will show the speakers (sometimes labeled "Front") and headphones 
> as two levels and just turning up the level you need will fix this. Others

I meant to at least mention that alsamixer or qasmixer is the way to look 
at levels. pavucontrol only shows what pulse wants you to know.

> don't. In this case try looking at this:
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=125522
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=983667#p983667
>
> Using hda_analyzer to find out which pins your system uses seems to be the 
> hardest part.
>
>>
>> I'd be thankful for any input that might point me in the right direction.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Alf
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