I have installed Twinkle on my system. I use a headphone to make my
calls. But when not wearing the headphone there is a good chance that I
do not hear an incoming call. Because of this I would like the ringtone
to be played on my headphone as well as on the speaker. (Twinkle has
different devices for speaker and ringtone, so the call itself will be
just on the headphone.) Is this possible?

Cecil Westerhof wrote:
I have installed Twinkle on my system. I use a headphone to make my
calls. But when not wearing the headphone there is a good chance that I
do not hear an incoming call. Because of this I would like the ringtone
to be played on my headphone as well as on the speaker. (Twinkle has
different devices for speaker and ringtone, so the call itself will be
just on the headphone.) Is this possible?

As far as I know it depends on your soundcard.

What I did to have music playing through the boxes and phonecalls
through the headphone was adding a second soundcard. The cheapest
soundcard should be enough for your headset and can be had for 9EUR
http://www.alternate.be/html/productDetails.html?artno=KK%23VA5
Obviously you can go more expensive as well
http://www.alternate.be/html/productDetails.html?artno=KK%23A08

The system is a notebook. I want also to make calls from other
places. And in a notebook you can not put a soundcard.
The soundcard in the notebook is a:
82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller

Cecil Westerhof wrote:
The system is a notebook. I want also to make calls from other
places. And in a notebook you can not put a soundcard.
The soundcard in the notebook is a:
82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller

Then my first assumption would be that it is not possible. I would like
to be proven wrong.

I have installed Twinkle on my system. I use a headphone to make my
calls. But when not wearing the headphone there is a good chance that I
do not hear an incoming call. Because of this I would like the ringtone
to be played on my headphone as well as on the speaker. (Twinkle has
different devices for speaker and ringtone, so the call itself will be
just on the headphone.) Is this possible?

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:12:44 +0100, Cecil Westerhof wrote:

I have installed Twinkle on my system. I use a headphone to make my
calls. But when not wearing the headphone there is a good chance that I
do not hear an incoming call. Because of this I would like the ringtone
to be played on my headphone as well as on the speaker. (Twinkle has
different devices for speaker and ringtone, so the call itself will be
just on the headphone.) Is this possible?

Not the answer you want, but to turn the question around:
When I used to use Skype on a laptop, I used a USB handset which was, of
course, a separate sound card, therefore no problem with ringing on the
pc speaker and voice on the handset.

Assuming your laptop has a hardware
mute on the speakers when a sound jack is inserted I don't see any
options other than pull the headphones out when you aren't wearing
them.

central <central77 at (no spam) fastmailNOSPAM.fm> writes:

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:12:44 +0100, Cecil Westerhof wrote:

I have installed Twinkle on my system. I use a headphone to make my
calls. But when not wearing the headphone there is a good chance that I
do not hear an incoming call. Because of this I would like the ringtone
to be played on my headphone as well as on the speaker. (Twinkle has
different devices for speaker and ringtone, so the call itself will be
just on the headphone.) Is this possible?
Not the answer you want, but to turn the question around:
When I used to use Skype on a laptop, I used a USB handset which was, of
course, a separate sound card, therefore no problem with ringing on the
pc speaker and voice on the handset.

I had one like that in the past, but did not manage to get it working
under Linux. (Is a 'few' years back.) Maybe I should try that again.


Assuming your laptop has a hardware
mute on the speakers when a sound jack is inserted I don't see any
options other than pull the headphones out when you aren't wearing
them.

That was what I was thinking myself. I hoped for a better solution, but
I can live with it.

I have installed Twinkle on my system. I use a headphone to make my
calls. But when not wearing the headphone there is a good chance that I
do not hear an incoming call. Because of this I would like the ringtone
to be played on my headphone as well as on the speaker. (Twinkle has
different devices for speaker and ringtone, so the call itself will be
just on the headphone.) Is this possible?

On 2009-10-29 12:12, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
I have installed Twinkle on my system. I use a headphone to make my
calls. But when not wearing the headphone there is a good chance that I
do not hear an incoming call. Because of this I would like the ringtone
to be played on my headphone as well as on the speaker. (Twinkle has
different devices for speaker and ringtone, so the call itself will be
just on the headphone.) Is this possible?

Both Ekiga and Skypa has the option to use the speakers for the ring signal
and the headset (in my case USB headset) , I have not tested Twinkle, but
if they don't support it, ask the developers to add that feature, it's silly
to send the ring signal to your headset, either you don't hear it or it will
make your head to explode.

bb <spamtrap at (no spam) norsborg.net> writes:

On 2009-10-29 12:12, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
I have installed Twinkle on my system. I use a headphone to make my
calls. But when not wearing the headphone there is a good chance that I
do not hear an incoming call. Because of this I would like the ringtone
to be played on my headphone as well as on the speaker. (Twinkle has
different devices for speaker and ringtone, so the call itself will be
just on the headphone.) Is this possible?
Both Ekiga and Skypa has the option to use the speakers for the ring signal
and the headset (in my case USB headset) , I have not tested Twinkle, but
if they don't support it, ask the developers to add that feature, it's silly
to send the ring signal to your headset, either you don't hear it or it will
make your head to explode.

I did, but his answer was:
the audio section of the system settings you can specify
an audio device for the ring tone and another one for the
conversation.

If you want the ring tone on both your headset as the speaker
then you have to create some ALSA device to do that (not sure
if that's possible).

Also when the headphone is not plugged in, it goes over the speaker and
when I plug the headphone in, the headphone goes mute. So maybe I want
the impossible.
I have been looking at USB speakers. Maybe that is the best solution.

I have installed Twinkle on my system. I use a headphone to make my
calls. But when not wearing the headphone there is a good chance that I
do not hear an incoming call. Because of this I would like the ringtone
to be played on my headphone as well as on the speaker. (Twinkle has
different devices for speaker and ringtone, so the call itself will be
just on the headphone.) Is this possible?