On Tuesday 08 April 2014 16:38:02 Dsant wrote: > Le 08/04/2014 16:52, Lisi Reisz a �crit : > > On Tuesday 08 April 2014 15:43:29 Alexandre wrote: > >>> I have a client whose sound has suddenly died, after running > >>> well since the system was installed. (Six months?? A bit > >>> more?) The obvious explanations are user error (clicked > >>> something without realising) or dead hardware. > >>> > >>> She is running Debian Wheezy with TDE 3.5.13.2 on an oldish > >>> Dell laptop. Since I haven't got the laptop here, I haven't > >>> got its specs. I cannot have the laptop to work on for the > >>> moment, since she is using it a lot for now. > >>> > >>> All suggestions or explanations welcomed, > >>> Lisi > >> > >> Hi Lisi, > >> > >> At first, I think that checking that all of the on/off check > >> boxes in Kmix is a good option. Then, some laptops has a > >> function keys, on the same keys as F1, F..., where you can press > >> FN+ (the mute button) to turn on or off the sound. On some > >> lappies, these keys are driven by the software (in linux), or on > >> older lappies, it is directly controlled by the hardware, which > >> is more multi-platform friendly. Also, does the laptop has a > >> hardware volume control, probably on the side of it? > >> > >> Then, if none of these works, I'd test the computer with a > >> livecd, which is know to support the sound chip of this computer > >> and play a sound file. > >> > >> Running ''alsaconf'' form Konsole, as a root user, is also good > >> for reconfiguring the sound card, but I am not sure if this > >> program is still included on linux distros of these years. > >> > >> Good luck! > >> -Alexandre > > > > Thanks, Alexandre. Your help is much appreciated. > > > > Lisi > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >---- To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For > > additional commands, e-mail: > > trinity-users-help@... Read list messages > > on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > > Please remember not to top-post: > > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > You should/could check (even on KDE, it helps me a lot) : > > * kmix > * > > * gnome-volume-control > * > > * gnome-control-center, icon sound > * > > * gmixer > * > > * pavucontrol > * > > * alsamixer Thanks, Dsant. Very helpful. Lisi