13 Apr
2014
13 Apr
'14
6:38 a.m.
On Tuesday 08 April 2014 15:52:34 Lisi Reisz wrote:
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.
This turned out to be the correct solution. Thanks, Alexandre. There
was a row of small buttons along the near edge of the laptop, in
front of the touchpad. The owner had obviously touched it by
mistake.
Lisi