Headphones not working

[Richard Allen]

On 12/31/2010 11:20 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 10:14 -0500, Richard Allen wrote:
>> I dont know what I did but suddenly my sound is broken.
>>
>> I'm running Fedora 14 (x86-64) on a Dell Latitude E6410.  The problem is
>> as soon as I plug in my headphones I loose the sound.  If I unplug the
>> headphones I get sound out of the built in speakers of the laptop.
>> After I lost sound I started experimenting with the settings in sound
>> preferences and I'm pretty sure I have tested all possible combinations
>> without success.
> Stupid question: are you sure the headphones actually work, e.g. when
> plugged into an MP3 player or HiFi? I've often wasted time futzing
> around with sound settings when the only problem was that my external
> speakers had turned off because of a power outage.
>
> poc

Not a stupid question.  But that was one of the first things I tested.   
Headphones are fine :)

Richard.