[VIA VT1702] Xubuntu does not sense headphones i.e. does not mute speakers

[bjorn]

I have played around with the controls in alsamixer and I've found out that muting 'mic' cuts off all sound, even in headphones and speaker.

Furthermore i can put it to liw levels to -almost- mute the speakers and have a audible output in the headphones.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.23+dfsg-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion:
 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
 Compiled on Oct 30 2010 for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic-pae (SMP).
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: roobie 1865 F.... pulseaudio
                      roobie 1908 F.... xfce4-mixer-plu
                      roobie 3075 F.... xfce4-mixer
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: roobie 1865 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf3400000 irq 45'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia MCP77/78 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:11061398,1025020a,00100100 HDA:14f12c06,10250093,00100000 HDA:10de0003,10de0101,00100000'
   Controls : 27
   Simple ctrls : 14
Date: Mon Nov 1 00:00:58 2010
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101008.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SelectedCard: 0 Intel HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Title: [VIA VT1702] Playback problem
dmi.bios.date: 03/24/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.09
dmi.board.name: SJM50MV
dmi.board.vendor: Packard Bell
dmi.board.version: Rev
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Packard Bell
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.09:bd03/24/2009:svnPackardBell:pnEasyNoteTR85:pvr0100:rvnPackardBell:rnSJM50MV:rvrRev:cvnPackardBell:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: EasyNote TR85
dmi.product.version: 0100
dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell

[dazza5000 (darran-kelinske)]

Possibly related to this, however, it this looks like a patch that was applied a long time ago:

http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2009-October/022168.html

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

This mean that this is a bug of xfce4-mixer which cannot grey out those inactive control

Please try alsamixer to find out those inactive control

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for helping improve Xubuntu. Unfortunately, I can not determine if this is a bug about muting the speakers completely, or using the headphones. Are you trying to get the speakers to mute when plugging in the headphones? Do you have a headphones control in Xfce4-mixer? Some audio cards do allow the switching through the mixer, by turning off the pcm or other output, and turning on headphone.

[bjorn (bjorn-roberg)]

Oh, sorry about that!
The problem is the following:
When I plug in my headphones, I wish that the computers' internal speakers would mute. However, they do not. I have, as I mentioned above, tried to edit the controls in alsamixer (and also in xfce4-mixer) but I cannot see how I am to mute the speakers entirely when i plug in a 3,5 mm jack in the audio-output-jack on the soundboard.

It has worked on earlier distros of Ubuntu, and its derivatives, (and, of course, Windows Vista/7) and I personally suspect the alsa-driver, though I am far from sure of it.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[penalvch (penalvch)]

bjorn, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available (not the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.13-rc1

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]