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I think when I first installed 13.10 on my Windows 8 ASUS S550CM, the headphones weren't working. I tried suggestions in the following questions:

And after a few restarts, with no clear solution, it is just fixed all of a sudden. A few more restarts and it stops working again. I go through the same suggestions, restarting, and nothing happens, until eventually I'm restarting for some other reason, and they start working again.

Could this be updates that are enabling/disabling them? What could be happening here?

Update

It seems that restarting the computer is not enough. Once I shut down the computer and turn it on again (without making any other adjustments) the headphones work again. That seems to be the best solution so far, but I still have no idea why it's happening.

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  • It may be a problem with the headphones themselves. Sounds more like a hardware problem than a bug in Ubuntu. Have you tested another headset to see if that works or done any other sound tests to isolate the problem? – comrademike Mar 14 '14 at 16:27
  • @comrademike Headphones work fine in Windows; other headphones also don't work in Ubuntu. I'm not adjusting the cord or the jack. Just restarting a couple times seems to fix... so strange. – bozdoz Mar 14 '14 at 17:06
  • Same on EEEPC (Asus), happens only since march 11 or 12. Not a kernel issue. I installed libav and audacity before the problem happened. – MrVaykadji Mar 15 '14 at 01:21

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