On 07/20/2010 10:06 AM, fred smith wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 09:59:11AM -0700, JD wrote: >> On 07/20/2010 08:29 AM, David A. Paredes Rios wrote: >>> With the command alsamixer -c 0 i get this options: >>> Master --- PCM --- Mic -- Mic Boos --- Beep --- Dock --- Dock Mic >>> ---- Dock mic boost --- Internal mic --- Internal mic boost >>> >>> Nothing else with alsamixer -c0 >>> >> I hate to be an harbinger of bad news - but... >> muting the pc speakers when you plug in the headset >> is done by the headset jack or soundcard itself, and >> not by software. It is a mechanical event. Pushing in >> the headset causes a disconnect in the loop that feeds >> the speakers. > that's what I always thought, too, that it was like the old-fashioned > stereo where there was a mechanical switch in the headphone jack that > broke the circuit to the speakers. > > but that's not the way modern laptop audio works. or if it is, then > I'm totally confused. why? 'cause on my eeepc 901 I had the same > problem, i.e. plug in the phones (or external speakers) and the internal > speakers continue to "speak". > > Not until I found the right incantation for the config file this thread > speaks of did the speakers shut off when something was plugged into the > headphone/line-out jack. > > Now if that's not under software control, I don't know how else you > would describe it. > > Fred > I have no such incantation on my machine :) In fact I don't even have that file. So, perhaps my machine is too old (bought in 2004). -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
