my husband's new Windows 11 computer suddenly stopped outputting audio to the 3.5mm headphones.
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@0xabad1dea Oh I see, that's... would you think I was cynical if I told you that sounds about right?
I mean, yes I am cynical but that's not the point.
@0xabad1dea I've done Windows driver development (pre-Vista), and nothing the audio subsystem does surprises me.
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@0xabad1dea
It took me a while on Linux to figure out that I could disable outputs in pulseaudio, and thus stop my USB microphone from insisting every time it was plugged in that it should be the audio *output* device used by the system.@viq @0xabad1dea
There is some hot plug system for USB that has config files for devices. You need to set up one that only sets up your USB microphone for microphone use. The microphone manufacturer likely didn't disable audio out capabilities on the chip it used. So the chip says to your computer I can do audio in and out. -
@viq @0xabad1dea
There is some hot plug system for USB that has config files for devices. You need to set up one that only sets up your USB microphone for microphone use. The microphone manufacturer likely didn't disable audio out capabilities on the chip it used. So the chip says to your computer I can do audio in and out.@gray_witch @0xabad1dea it actually CAN do audio out, it has a headphone jack at the back and all
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@synx508 @0xabad1dea oof. I've probably lucked out on that by refusing to set up a cloud account for login, but obviously that's not always feasible
@gsuberland @synx508 @0xabad1dea
I just set up cloud accounts with random names and addresses on them, then put a label on the computer with the cloud login info. I avoid the Malignant Scam as much as possible, but I have to maintain a system for dad. -
my husband's new Windows 11 computer suddenly stopped outputting audio to the 3.5mm headphones.
I clicked the audio troubleshooting button in Settings. It did not send me to the troubleshooter, but instead redirected me to install a help app. (yes, it wasn't even pre-installed.)
The help app told me to click the audio troubleshooter button.
Satya Nadella owes me three billion dollars in emotional damages.
(we've fixed the audio problem by unplugging the USB microphone and rebooting. before you @ me self-righteously about someone else's operating system which was chosen in accordance with THEIR needs and not mine and certainly not yours, consider whether I might react with the fury of ten thousand suns)
@0xabad1dea yep
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my husband's new Windows 11 computer suddenly stopped outputting audio to the 3.5mm headphones.
I clicked the audio troubleshooting button in Settings. It did not send me to the troubleshooter, but instead redirected me to install a help app. (yes, it wasn't even pre-installed.)
The help app told me to click the audio troubleshooter button.
Satya Nadella owes me three billion dollars in emotional damages.
(we've fixed the audio problem by unplugging the USB microphone and rebooting. before you @ me self-righteously about someone else's operating system which was chosen in accordance with THEIR needs and not mine and certainly not yours, consider whether I might react with the fury of ten thousand suns)
Interesting problem. Had the same (only difference: usb headset) with company given win 11 computer. Our helpdesk had known the problem and helped me to solve it. The same way you did.
Seems to be a greater thing in this "operating system". Nice to know.
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I have blocked two people tonight. One accused me out of the clear blue sky of being a child abuser for absolutely no apparent reason (no supporting evidence was provided). The other decided it’d be real funny to do the one thing that I specifically said would not be funny and would make me very angry.
Anyone else want to lose dog photo privileges? Maybe blame the invasion of Genghis Khan on me?
@0xabad1dea Wait... What's going on here?
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my husband's new Windows 11 computer suddenly stopped outputting audio to the 3.5mm headphones.
I clicked the audio troubleshooting button in Settings. It did not send me to the troubleshooter, but instead redirected me to install a help app. (yes, it wasn't even pre-installed.)
The help app told me to click the audio troubleshooter button.
Satya Nadella owes me three billion dollars in emotional damages.
(we've fixed the audio problem by unplugging the USB microphone and rebooting. before you @ me self-righteously about someone else's operating system which was chosen in accordance with THEIR needs and not mine and certainly not yours, consider whether I might react with the fury of ten thousand suns)
@0xabad1dea 3.5mm headphones are old tech that can't be intercepted and recorded so they must not work properly.
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@0xabad1dea
It took me a while on Linux to figure out that I could disable outputs in pulseaudio, and thus stop my USB microphone from insisting every time it was plugged in that it should be the audio *output* device used by the system.@viq @0xabad1dea Surely, Pulseaudio has been obsolete for years? Pipewire has been the default in my distro for a long time.
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I have blocked two people tonight. One accused me out of the clear blue sky of being a child abuser for absolutely no apparent reason (no supporting evidence was provided). The other decided it’d be real funny to do the one thing that I specifically said would not be funny and would make me very angry.
Anyone else want to lose dog photo privileges? Maybe blame the invasion of Genghis Khan on me?
@0xabad1dea I would cry if I lost access to Odin photos
(Not that I would ever do something to warrant you blocking me)
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my husband's new Windows 11 computer suddenly stopped outputting audio to the 3.5mm headphones.
I clicked the audio troubleshooting button in Settings. It did not send me to the troubleshooter, but instead redirected me to install a help app. (yes, it wasn't even pre-installed.)
The help app told me to click the audio troubleshooter button.
Satya Nadella owes me three billion dollars in emotional damages.
(we've fixed the audio problem by unplugging the USB microphone and rebooting. before you @ me self-righteously about someone else's operating system which was chosen in accordance with THEIR needs and not mine and certainly not yours, consider whether I might react with the fury of ten thousand suns)
@0xabad1dea ohh this is ringing a bell that a friend had this exact same problem recently. i can kinda see what might be happening but i'm not entirely sure why it would be happening
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@davidbcohen I've been really fortunate recently. All my audio devices have Just Worked on Linux when and how I wanted them to, including some Bluetooth devices that Windows 10 refused to handle at all.
I am aware that this isn't a typical experience, do you can imagine my surprise.
@krans @davidbcohen @viq @0xabad1dea My experience also.
One minor Bluetooth annoyance:
My laptop (Linux) pairing with the car as wife arrives home and I lose audio.
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my husband's new Windows 11 computer suddenly stopped outputting audio to the 3.5mm headphones.
I clicked the audio troubleshooting button in Settings. It did not send me to the troubleshooter, but instead redirected me to install a help app. (yes, it wasn't even pre-installed.)
The help app told me to click the audio troubleshooter button.
Satya Nadella owes me three billion dollars in emotional damages.
(we've fixed the audio problem by unplugging the USB microphone and rebooting. before you @ me self-righteously about someone else's operating system which was chosen in accordance with THEIR needs and not mine and certainly not yours, consider whether I might react with the fury of ten thousand suns)
Windows 11 is an absolute mess. I blame their decision to use AI to write their code.
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@krans @davidbcohen @viq @0xabad1dea My experience also.
One minor Bluetooth annoyance:
My laptop (Linux) pairing with the car as wife arrives home and I lose audio.
@samueljohnson OK, that one is hilarious
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@viq @0xabad1dea Surely, Pulseaudio has been obsolete for years? Pipewire has been the default in my distro for a long time.
@samueljohnson @0xabad1dea "the future is not distributed evenly"
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@samueljohnson @0xabad1dea "the future is not distributed evenly"
@viq @0xabad1dea True. But Pulseaudio is the equivalent of going school barefoot with a roast potato for a handwarmer, no?
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@viq @0xabad1dea True. But Pulseaudio is the equivalent of going school barefoot with a roast potato for a handwarmer, no?
@samueljohnson LTS system version, not the most recent one, and it's not up to me to bump it
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my husband's new Windows 11 computer suddenly stopped outputting audio to the 3.5mm headphones.
I clicked the audio troubleshooting button in Settings. It did not send me to the troubleshooter, but instead redirected me to install a help app. (yes, it wasn't even pre-installed.)
The help app told me to click the audio troubleshooter button.
Satya Nadella owes me three billion dollars in emotional damages.
(we've fixed the audio problem by unplugging the USB microphone and rebooting. before you @ me self-righteously about someone else's operating system which was chosen in accordance with THEIR needs and not mine and certainly not yours, consider whether I might react with the fury of ten thousand suns)
@0xabad1dea On Windows Server 2025 I had to install the help app for something similar. Except I couldn't. MS suggested enabling "compatibility support". Then Windows Settings, the Start Menu and the Task Bar stopped working
Reinstalling on company time...
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@samueljohnson LTS system version, not the most recent one, and it's not up to me to bump it
@viq @samueljohnson, whereas I have pipewire 1.4.2 and pulseaudio 17.0; and I see pipewire 1.4.9 in stable-backports.
Right now, it works. A while ago, programs would start up with a chance of outputting audio to one monitor instead of to headphones, but I seem to have fixed that.
Do I risk breakage by installing that newer version or do I stick with stable…
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my husband's new Windows 11 computer suddenly stopped outputting audio to the 3.5mm headphones.
I clicked the audio troubleshooting button in Settings. It did not send me to the troubleshooter, but instead redirected me to install a help app. (yes, it wasn't even pre-installed.)
The help app told me to click the audio troubleshooter button.
Satya Nadella owes me three billion dollars in emotional damages.
(we've fixed the audio problem by unplugging the USB microphone and rebooting. before you @ me self-righteously about someone else's operating system which was chosen in accordance with THEIR needs and not mine and certainly not yours, consider whether I might react with the fury of ten thousand suns)
@0xabad1dea They're making so many weird choices nowadays. It's as if they're willingly trying to break the functionality of all the menus available via the systray (among other things of course). I have to use Win11 on my work laptop, and just how they messed up the battery tooltip/popup/dialog/thingamajig compared to Win10 is just baffling to me...
