No sound from headphones after resume from suspension / No sound from...
It is not difficult to find posts on the Web regarding certain models of laptop that no longer produce sound from headphones after resuming from suspension, or no longer produce sound from their...
View ArticleEliminating the loud hum from powered speakers connected to my laptop
My external powered speakers emit a loud, annoying hum if I plug them into the headphones socket of my Clevo W230SS laptop. The hum stops if I unplug the laptop’s mains charger, so the problem is due...
View ArticleTo beep, or not to beep, that is the question
Introduction If your computer running Linux has the necessary hardware and is configured appropriately, applications and shell scripts can trigger a beep to signal an event such as an invalid keyboard...
View ArticleAnother look at beeps in Linux
Following my previous post I experimented further with the Linux Kernel configuration options for event beeps (sometimes called ‘system beeps’), and I now have a better understanding of how the Kernel...
View ArticleStuttering audio in Linux: PulseAudio strikes again
I unmasked PulseAudio 10.0 back in January 2017 and installed it in my Gentoo Stable amd64 installation, and everything worked fine… until a couple of days ago, when the audio in streaming YouTube...
View ArticleTrouble again with PulseAudio and Thunderbird sound notifications
In an earlier post I described how I fixed a scratchy-sounding sound file which the Thunderbird e-mail client plays when a new message arrives. Well, the problem started again recently, but this time...
View ArticlePorteus Linux: A portable Linux with a difference
I’m writing this in Porteus Linux v5.0rc1 for x86_64, a Live Linux distribution booted from a USB pendrive. It is fast, good-looking and has a good range of applications and utilities. I stumbled upon...
View ArticleJitsi Meet, my favourite video conferencing platform (and a way to share...
During the current COVID-19 lockdown I have been using video conferencing platforms a lot for family virtual meet-ups, quizzes and multi-player games by Jackbox Games. Zoom seems to be the most popular...
View ArticleDigital audio fidelity
Take the following two hearing tests while wearing high-quality over-ear headphones connected to a high-quality sound card: Hearing Test – Can You Hear This? How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality? The...
View ArticleRemoving PipeWire in Gentoo Linux
PipeWire, all the rage these days, was originally developed for video but was later enhanced to support audio as well, and is now an alternative to PulseAudio and JACK. My laptop running Gentoo Stable...
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