Marc Chamberlin wrote:
Hi - Well it seems that, on my fancy dancy HP Pavilion laptop, some braindead engineer decided it was a good idea to replace/"upgrade" the good old fashioned style (tried and true) of audio headphone jacks with something that requires software to use it. What ever happened to the KISS principal, in particular that headphone jacks used to ALWAYS simply disconnect internal speakers and mechanically reroute sound to the headphones when you plugged one into its jack? As you (poor reader) can probably surmise I just discovered this "wonderful" feature about my laptop because when I plug in my headphones under Windows they work, but under SuSE 10.2 it does not.....
So guess I got to hold my nose, because this new headphone jack design STINKS!!!!, IMHO and ask this group for help to gain the advance wisdom and knowledge about how to use headphones from some kind guru... This SHOULD have been a duck soup simple task and apparently has now become yet another fine example of how computers are being redesigned to frustrate us poor users---
Have you written to HP and asked them if they have any drivers for this laptop and its ridiculous hardware?
How do I get my headphones to work under SuSE 10.2 so I can listen to music played via Amorak at work (without getting shot by my co-workers because they may NOT happen to like my particular tastes)? I have look at the settings in Yast, KMix, KDE's Personal Settings, and fooled around with em, all to no avail....
Lost in the headphones wilderness... Marc...
As I said... talk to HP, and complain...LOUDLY. And it always helps to mention that if a simple issue like this cannot be resolved, you will advise AGAINST the purchase of any HP laptops where you work, because the current busines plan is to NEVER migrate from XP to Vista... but Linux and OS X are not out of the question -- so what are they willing to do to to reassure you that further purchases of HP equipment will be a good decision at the place where you work. The threat of losing sales to competitors is a very effective tool in cases like this. I use it not only with regards to equipment at work (when I feel the vendor isn't giving us satisfactory support), but also with anything else I own from a vendor which could reasonably makes sales in the business sector. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org