Published March 17th, 2005 by Jim O'Halloran
HP Pavilion Laptop Audio
Ever since I upgraded my HP pavilion zt3000 laptop to Fedora Core 3 (from FC2), I’ve had no sound. By accident the other day I discovered that I was getting sound through headphones, but not the onboard speakers.
The solution as it turns out is fairly simple, go to a terminal window, and type “alsamixer”. Use the arrow keys to highlight “Headphone Jack Sense”, then hit the “m” key to mute it. It appears that ALSA is always sensing headphones and cutting off the internal speakers. Of course, now you’ve got the reverse problem, no headphones, but again to switch back, run alsamixer and unmute the headphone jack sense.
PS: You can program the extra volume and mute keys on the keyboard so that they work under gnome. just use the keyboard settings applet.
denizengt Says
What are the odds, that I find the solution to my problem(the exact same one) and my saviour’s in Adelaide too
Thanks mate!!! Been trying to understand why I couldnt get sound on the onboards for ages! Though I didn’t have the sense to try headphones
Aug 2nd, 2005 at 5:52 pm
j.luther Says
hat is a ermial window????
Jan 25th, 2007 at 9:06 am
jim Says
The “terminal window” would be called a “command prompt” in Windows. To create a terminal window in Fedora, click on the Applications menu window and go to System Tools. THere should be a “Terminal” or “Terminal Window” option there.
Jan 27th, 2007 at 10:52 am