I've installed Gutsy Tribe 5 on a brand-new laptop. Slowly but surely I'm working through all the little hardware quirks and inconsistencies. At the moment I only have two significant issues remianing, and the one I want to ask about right now has to do with the laptop's sound card.
The laptop has built-in speakers, a built-in microphone, and mic, headphone, and line in jacks.
Kmix lists the following channels:
Headphone
PCM
Front
Front Mic
Line
Microphone
Capture
Capture
Digital
Digital
Not all of them are used by my laptop, of course. There are no digital connectors, though I suppose if I ever get around to buying that 24 bit MAudio USB card that will come in handy. I have no idea whatsoever what the "Capture" channels are for.
Here is the specific nature of my problem: both the built-in speakers and the headphones jack seem to be connected. What I mean is, when I plug in my headphones the built-in speakers do not cut off.
My old laptop is like that as well, but with my old laptop the headphones jack and the built-in speakers are on separate channels, so I could mute the speakers and control the headphones volume separately. This does not appear to be the case with my new laptop -- there is no way to mute the speakers without also muting the headphones and vice versa.
Has anyone run into this before? Is this a bug in Gutsy, or is it a quirk with some laptops? Is there a workaround?
The laptop has built-in speakers, a built-in microphone, and mic, headphone, and line in jacks.
Kmix lists the following channels:
Headphone
PCM
Front
Front Mic
Line
Microphone
Capture
Capture
Digital
Digital
Not all of them are used by my laptop, of course. There are no digital connectors, though I suppose if I ever get around to buying that 24 bit MAudio USB card that will come in handy. I have no idea whatsoever what the "Capture" channels are for.
Here is the specific nature of my problem: both the built-in speakers and the headphones jack seem to be connected. What I mean is, when I plug in my headphones the built-in speakers do not cut off.
My old laptop is like that as well, but with my old laptop the headphones jack and the built-in speakers are on separate channels, so I could mute the speakers and control the headphones volume separately. This does not appear to be the case with my new laptop -- there is no way to mute the speakers without also muting the headphones and vice versa.
Has anyone run into this before? Is this a bug in Gutsy, or is it a quirk with some laptops? Is there a workaround?
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