Noob audio help, no sound on speakers with ALSA or Pulse

[robbie]

Hi, I just set up Funtoo with the GNOME tarball. I've been able to get almost everything working, but I can't get any output on my laptop's speakers when headphones aren't plugged in. (It works as expected when headphones are plugged in, however.) I don't really know where to start; I'm a somewhat experienced Linux user but usually audio "just works." Here's my alsa-info.sh output if it helps in assisting me: http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=733b9dd5e484869c31ad78008960dfb2e80610b3

Edited December 18, 2021 by robbie

[cardinal]

The default configuration is when the headphones are unplugged it disables the headphone volume.

In your case it appears the headphone volume controls the internal laptop speaker volume.

A potential workaround is to reconfigure the headphone volume so it isn't disabled when the headphones are unplugged.

nano /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf

Change

[Element Headphone]
switch = off
volume = off

to

[Element Headphone]
switch = off
volume = merge

 

[robbie]

5 hours ago, cardinal said:

[snip]

Major thanks, this worked exactly as needed.