Re: [orca-list] Strange sound problem in linux

[Jann Schneider <jann schneider googlemail com>]

Hi all,

@Christopher: i could confirm this behaviour on several platforms. But
well as you stated before: you can always use alsamixer or the gui
controls to adjust the volume or whatever method is convinient and
apropiate on the current system.
Just wanted to confirm this issues occur without any dependencies on
orca or other AT stuff. So this is not really AT specific. But well,
the question how to enable sound with the volume autoset to 0 and
maybe no braille device could get very interessting ;-)

thanks
Jann



2015-03-08 20:22 GMT+01:00, Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>:
> Are you sure you have to shutdown or power off? Could your volume just
> be muted or at a very low volume?
>
> I have this issue on my Asus laptop running Ubuntu 12.04. The volume is
> turned down very low if I plug or unplug anything into the audio output
> jack. I get around it by using the multimedia keys on my laptop to raise
> the volume.
>
> If I recall this is a bug somewhere in the kernel or device driver, and
> it affects multiple distributions. There was a bug opened to track this,
> but I don't know where that ended up any more.
>
> On 03/08/2015 01:42 AM, Michael Weaver wrote:
> > I thought this may be a specific Linux distro but this seems to happen at
> > least when running either Ubuntu or Sonar but there appears to be an issue
> > with switching output devices when sound of any type is played which
> > disables both login sounds and Orca.
> > This is at least happening on my laptop running Ubuntu Utopic and the
> > latest version of Orca.
> > What happens is that if I install Linux with say a headset like the kind
> > you may use in a Walkman or the kind with the same jack as an IPhone
> > headset or use the built in speakers, you seem to have to do one or the
> > other when booting up a Linux system, not either or because if you use a
> > headset when doing a fresh install or install and have Orca speak through
> > the external speakers, if you switch at all during bootup like you wish to
> > use a headset for privacy maybe yet your original installation has had
> > Orca come through the built in speakers, you may have a perfectly running
> > Linux system only you have no sound so you have to either shutdown via a
> > terminal or just power off.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
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