[PLUG] Resolved: Line out audio problem

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Thu May 2 18:09:44 UTC 2019


On 5/1/19 4:40 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> Hardware is a box from ENU. Software is Ubuntu MATE with XFCE window 
> manager.
>
> This afternoon the line out audio stopped working, mostly. I was able 
> to hear it faintly. The headphone out on the front of the computer 
> still works. That will keep me working until I get the line out 
> problem resolved, but only if I just use headphones. Normally I use 
> the headphones through external speakers, but there's an impedance 
> mismatch when plugged into the headphone jack on the front, and it 
> adds distortion. Plus, I often need to adjust the volume, which is 
> easy to do with the external speaker. I tried the GNOME ALSA Mixer, 
> and see that line is not muted.
>
> Is there anything else I should be looking at before I decide it's a 
> hardware problem with the sound stuff on the motherboard?
>
> Thanks.
>

Turns out there's more than one way to mute the sound. Using the 
PulseAudio Volume Control I discovered Line Out at "Silence". Once I 
moved it up all was well again. I have no idea how it got moved to silence.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens




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