this sounds like a pretty dumb question but how can I get audio output on headphones and speakers? My motherboard is GA-G41M-Combo and doesn't seem to have any digital audio out, but 3 miniplugs coloured blue, green, and red. I don't want surround, I just want headphones and speakers working at the same time without needing to switch a cable (my headphones have a power on/off toggle). The motherboard looks like this:
I currently have speakers plugged into green (working) and headphones plugged into blue (no sound), and can't seem to get output on the headphones after fiddling with the sound settings in Ubuntu 12.04. Do I really have to buy a splitter?! The motherboard didn't come with any front panel adapters.
Best Answer
I don't have a system which I can test this out on, but I believe this section from the Arch Linux PulseAudio website should help you:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Examples#Splitting_front.2Frear
To sum up what you should do:
/etc/pulse/default.pa
like this:cp /etc/pulse/default.pa ~/default.pa.bak
pacmd list-sinks
and copy the outputted sink's name. Mine looks like "name: ", and we're interested in the bit in <>, yours should now end in "analog-surround-40".sudo gedit /etc/pulse/default.pa
and add the lines:Now you should be able to select from "Headphones" and "Speakers" in the Sound Settings menu when you want to switch between headphones and speakers.