

I fixed the problem using some advice from a discussion thread by rebooting into Linux and forcing the laptop to shutdown by holding the power button (in order to prevent Linux from muting the headphone jack in a way that Windows doesn't see). Luckily I have not done anything on windows after installing Ubuntu 12.10, nor have I mingled with the audio driver. I then also played music on Ubuntu just fine, yet when I rebooted into Windows, without doing anything else besides opening Chrome, my headphones stopped working.Įxact same problem as in this thread: headphones not working on Windows after installing Kubuntu 12.10, which was left with many doubts and no answer.

2 hours ago I installed Ubuntu while listening to music on my headphones (wubi install).
