no sound from external speakers

[Jim]

On 03/26/2010 06:15 PM, Sam Sharpe wrote:
> On 26 March 2010 22:07, Ben Miller<wheelscribe at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is my first post to the list, and I've searcehd the list archives
>> and the usual places for an answer to this problem, but haven't found
>> one. I'm running a brand new installation of F12 on a Compaq/HP laptop.
>> At first, sound was coming out of the laptop speakers and only through
>> external speakers if I turned the volume very loud. And then it didn't
>> play out through the subwoofer. In an attempt to fix this, I upgraded
>> ALSA drivers to the most recent version. Now, I get nothing from my
>> external speakers. My sound card is: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9
>> Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03). Any help is much appreciated.
>>      
> Assuming you are using Gnome, do you have a Preferences ->  Advanced
> Volume Control, if not install the gst-mixer package.
>
> Once you have it, take a look at the levels for all your different
> Channels - you may find one that it set too low or even muted.
>
> FWIW, I have an HP Compaq 6910p and my speakers work fine, although
> the card is a little older:
>
> [sam at samlap ~]$ lspci | grep Audio
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
> Controller (rev 03)
>
> --
> Sam
>    
PulseAudio Volume Control under Multimedia is where you will find the 
problem it is being turn down.