Want to send all sound to the headphones, but don't know how.(Solved)

[NexusHumanis]

I am using an old Compaq Evo desktop computer to run Jaunty, and now I want to watch a tv show on it. However, my wife is also trying to watch a different show on an identical computer, and none of us know how to pipe the audio from the internal loudspeakers and into headphones. Is there anything in Kmix or otherwise that could help with this?

[GreyGeek]

Re: Want to send all sound to the headphones, but don't know how.

Klick on the Speaker icon in the system trey.
CLick on the "Mixer" button at the bottom of the popup dialog tht appeared.
The Mixer panel will appear.
Click on "Settings --> Configure Channels
Click the button on the "Front" channel to check mark it and click "Apply".
The Mixer dialog should now have a channle labled "Front".
Check the "Mute" button. That should disable sound so that it goes only to the headphones.

At least it does on my HDA Intel sound chip.

[NexusHumanis]

Re: Want to send all sound to the headphones, but don't know how.

Actually, I worked this out myself. I opened the mixer panel, clicked "configure shortcuts", changed the "mute on/off" setting from "none" to "input" for the external ampifliers. After that I had all audio in my headphones. Thanks for responding. :-)

[GreyGeek]

Re: Want to send all sound to the headphones, but don't know how.(Solved)

mmm... My HDA audio does not have an "external amplifier" option via either the "configure shortcuts" or the "Configure channels".

[flarson]

Re: Want to send all sound to the headphones, but don't know how.(Solved)

You might want to look at this, GreyGeek.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=314383
In my /etc/modprobe.d/alsa_local I put
# get headphones working appropriately FRL
options snd-hda-intel model=vaio

and it causes the speakers to mute when I insert headphones.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Want to send all sound to the headphones, but don't know how.(Solved)

You might want to look at this, GreyGeek.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=314383
In my /etc/modprobe.d/alsa_local I put
# get headphones working appropriately FRL
options snd-hda-intel model=vaio

and it causes the speakers to mute when I insert headphones.

I don't have an /etc/modprobe.d/alsa_local file. Mine is alsa_base.conf.

My sound doesn't auto switch when I insert the headphones jack ...
I have to open the mixer and mute the "Front" channel manually.

According to the URL, which leads to another with a list of all possible settings:
http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=950776

STAC9872
vaio Setup for VAIO FE550G/SZ110
vaio-ar Setup for VAIO AR

but my sound chip is

jerry@jerry-sonylaptop:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC262 Analog [ALC262 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: INTEL HDMI [INTEL HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

and for it these are the options:

ALC262
fujitsu Fujitsu Laptop
hp-bpc HP xw4400/6400/8400/9400 laptops
benq Benq ED8
basic fixed pin assignment w/o SPDIF
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

The "auto" is what is run on my box.

Are you suggesting that the "model=vaio" might work anyway?
And, would I create alsa_local to add that option, or add it to alsa_base.conf?


I've captured the entire list just to have it on this forum's server.

Model name Description
---------- -----------
ALC880
3stack 3-jack in back and a headphone out
3stack-digout 3-jack in back, a HP out and a SPDIF out
5stack 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front
5stack-digout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, a SPDIF out
6stack 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front
6stack-digout 6-jack with a SPDIF out
w810 3-jack
z71v 3-jack (HP shared SPDIF)
asus 3-jack (ASUS Mobo)
asus-w1v ASUS W1V
asus-dig ASUS with SPDIF out
asus-dig2 ASUS with SPDIF out (using GPIO2)
uniwill 3-jack
F1734 2-jack
lg LG laptop (m1 express dual)
lg-lw LG LW20/LW25 laptop
tcl TCL S700
clevo Clevo laptops (m520G, m665n)
test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can be
adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
$CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

ALC260
hp HP machines
hp-3013 HP machines (3013-variant)
fujitsu Fujitsu S7020
acer Acer TravelMate
basic fixed pin assignment (old default model)
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

ALC262
fujitsu Fujitsu Laptop
hp-bpc HP xw4400/6400/8400/9400 laptops
benq Benq ED8
basic fixed pin assignment w/o SPDIF
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

ALC882/885
3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
6stck-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
arima Arima W820Di1
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

ALC883/888
3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
3stack-6ch 3-jack 6-channel
3stack-6ch-dig 3-jack 6-channel with SPDIF I/O
6stack-dig-demo 6-jack digital for Intel demo board
acer Acer laptops (Travelmate 3012WTMi, Aspire 5600, etc)
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

ALC861/660
3stack 3-jack
3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
6stack-dig 6-jack with SPDIF I/O
3stack-660 3-jack (for ALC660)
uniwill-m31 Uniwill M31 laptop
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

CMI9880
minimal 3-jack in back
min_fp 3-jack in back, 2-jack in front
full 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front
full_dig 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front, SPDIF I/O
allout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, SPDIF out
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

AD1981
basic 3-jack (default)
hp HP nx6320
thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad T60/X60/Z60

AD1986A
6stack 6-jack, separate surrounds (default)
3stack 3-stack, shared surrounds
laptop 2-channel only (FSC V2060, Samsung M50)
laptop-eapd 2-channel with EAPD (Samsung R65, ASUS A6J)

AD1988
6stack 6-jack
6stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
3stack 3-jack
3stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
laptop 3-jack with hp-jack automute
laptop-dig ditto with SPDIF
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

STAC9200/9205/9220/9221/9254
ref Reference board
3stack D945 3stack
5stack D945 5stack + SPDIF

STAC9227/9228/9229/927x
ref Reference board
3stack D965 3stack
5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF

STAC9872
vaio Setup for VAIO FE550G/SZ110
vaio-ar Setup for VAIO AR

[flarson]

Re: Want to send all sound to the headphones, but don't know how.(Solved)

Are you suggesting that the "model=vaio" might work anyway?
And, would I create alsa_local to add that option

Exactly. If that does not work try the vaio-ar.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Want to send all sound to the headphones, but don't know how.(Solved)

Are you suggesting that the "model=vaio" might work anyway?
And, would I create alsa_local to add that option

Exactly. If that does not work try the vaio-ar.

"model=vaio-ar"