Khalid Luqman wrote: > So I need help. Not with installation. I have ubuntu 7.04 installed and > Alsa comes preinstalled and it works ok. Except I have one glitch that I > havent been able to fix for months. I get terrible sound through > headphones. At high volumes its static but fine at volumes at which I > can barely hear it (which is obviously useless). Its not the hardware > and its not the headphones because everything works ok in windows. I > have no clue what the problem is and I have not clue where to begin. Ive > tried ubuntuforums and launchpad but Ive gotten no > responses...http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=428940 > any help? thanks what's the soundcard/notebook? did search for experiences with the same notebook? http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ or just search... it sounds like combination of impedance mismatch and mismatch of the output level of the jack and what headphones expect. If you check docs (or back panel) for speakers, headphones and soundcard you should be able to figure out which is it. Not sure why windows work, it is possible that the soundcard makes it possible to set different output levels and windows is setting the one that's good for headphones and linux is using the one that's good for speakers. Things to randomly try (to get closer to what the problem is): - different headphones (with different impedance, of course) - headphone amp - http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/8054/ or any similar device you can get your hands on erik ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
