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