[CentOS] how do I make my headset work

[Michael Hennebry]

On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, Michael Hennebry wrote:

> I've got an insignia NS-PAH5101 headset.
> As directed, the red connector is in the pink spot and
> the green connector in green spot in the back of my computer.
> arecord folloed by aplay just gets me static.

Actually, I mistook black for green.
Green was occupied by my external speakers.
Putting the headset's green plug in the green spot
lets VLC and aplay make sounds in my headset.
I still have the same issue with recording.

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