UNC Linux Users Group

[Cristobal Palmer <cmpalmer AT ils.unc.edu>]

Run 'alsamixer' and use the right arrow to go over to "PC Speak" and
'm' to mute it, perhaps?

This might be an alsa bug. A cursory look at FC5's bugzilla

(see http://tinyurl.com/ztjkr )

didn't produce a bug that looks like yours. Could you search a bit
more and see if you find a matching bug? If not, file a bug?

-CMP

On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 11:02:52AM -0400, Alan Hoyle wrote:
> So with that same FC5 workstation that had the now solved load issue,
> I've been having a problem with the sound ever since I started using
> it.
> 
> I have two IBM ThinkCentre workstations:  one a tower running XP, the
> other the aformentioned desktop Linux box.  On the tower, if there's
> nothing plugged in to the speaker jack, it plays through the internal
> speaker, but if speakers or headphones are plugged in, the internal
> speaker is silenced and the sound plays through the
> speakers/headphones/etc.
> 
> On the desktop, sound always plays though the internal speaker whether
> there's something plugged in to the jack or not.  If something is
> plugged into the port, it does play the sounds, but I can't figure out
> a way to disable the internal speaker.
> 
> I checked in the BIOS setup, but that only has options for
> all-or-nothing soundcard enable/disable. I guess I could open up the
> case and disconnect the cable to the speaker, but I think something
> less intrusive should work.
> 
> I don't see any changes to make in the system-config-soundcard or
> anywhere else.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> -alan
> 
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