On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 07:06 -0500, Marc Schwartz wrote: > > It's not a critical problem, obviously, because it took me months > > before I noticed it. But it would be nice to have sound on those rare > > occasions then I might want it. Any and all help is greatly > > appreciated. [...] > Presuming that you are using GNOME, go into the menus: Actually my normal desktop is Xfce (running Xfce 4.4b2) but I have tried testing everything under both GNOME and KDE with the same results. > System -> Preferences -> Volume Control > > Then click on the 'Switches' tab and make sure that the "External > Amplifier" check box is checked. Done did that again just now and still no luck. The problem might be HW related as this eMachines laptop is falling apart (it's only 1 year and 8 months old!!). I wish I could afford a new laptop but living on a fixed income (and being legally homeless to boot) makes things like food and clothes a higher priority. :-( Thanks for responding, though. -- Boring Home Page - http://www.webtrek.com/joe See my blog, sumo game ranks and other interesting junk
