[sclug] Headphone socket on laptop

[Alex Butcher]

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, John Stumbles wrote:

> The headphone socket on my HP laptop doesn't work. It doesn't play through 
> headphones or active speakers (I've tried both) nor does plugging in the 
> headphone jack cut out the internal speakers.

Perhaps there's a seperate mixer channel for the headphone output? Try
running alsamixer...

Best Regards,
Alex.
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