Hello, Kerry Hoath, le Sun 17 Oct 2010 16:52:22 +0800, a ?crit : > Alsa mutes all volume channels by default. > The problem is that with high definition audio devices there is often a > separate volume for Speakers, Headphone etc. > You need to raise the Master, PCM and whatever you are using in the way > of headphones or speakers. Could you try my updated image on http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/espeakup/ ? It contains the usual startup unmute scripts shipped by alsa. Samuel