speakers cannot be muted when using headphones regression (karmic)

Bug #414746 reported by morryis
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
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Nominated for Lucid by mike

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-media

Until Jaunty my headphones were activated automatically and speakers muted when I plugged the headphones. Since Karmic, the headphone output is not activated automatically. There is no way to activate the headphones manually by the 'Sound Preferences' gui, i.e. 'gnome-volume-manager' or 'pavucontrol'. When I change 'Connector' from 'Sound Preferences -> Output' from 'Analog Output' to 'Analog Headphones' the speakers are muted, but the headphones do not work. The only possibility to activate the headphones properly is by activating the 'Headphone' switch in 'gnome-alsamixer' (anyway this leaves the speakers unmuted).

UPDATE:
Since the headphones are working now, there is still no possibility do disable the speakers without muting the headphones too

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Aug 17 12:22:09 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-media 2.27.90-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-media
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic i686

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morryis (morryis) wrote :
affects: gnome-media (Ubuntu) → alsa-lib (Ubuntu)
Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
affects: alsa-lib (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)
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morryis (morryis) wrote :

After update to pulseaudio (1:0.9.16~test5-0ubuntu2) headphones are activated with standard setting 'Analog Output'. They are muted when I choose 'Analog Headphones'. Still I can't find a way to enable headphones and disable speakers.

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Andres Mujica (andres.mujica) wrote :

The exact issue you described at the report was solved with the package pulseaudio (1:0.9.16~test5-0ubuntu2) the connector option in output tab from the volume applet doesn't do what you want?

If i select analog headphones, the speakers are disabled. If i plug the headphones with analog output the speakers are disabled, right?

thanks for your feedback

affects: linux (Ubuntu) → pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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morryis (morryis) wrote :

No, that did not help. Switching to "Analog Headphones" turns off speakers AND headphones. I am unable to use the headphones and mute the speakers, as it was possible prior to Karmic. Headphones are only working when the connector option is set to "Analog Output", but then the speakers are active too. I tried to remove the .pulse folder but that did not help.

In alsamixer, "Front", "Center" and "LFE" channels are muted when I switch to "Analog Headphones". The "Headphone" switch is active in both modes. If I mute one of the three channels or reduce their volume manually in alsamixer, the "Master" channel in alsamixer is immediately turned down i.e. muted. "Output volume" in gnome-volume-control is muted and turned down too.

You marked this bug report as incomplete, what is missing exactly?

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Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt) wrote :

I'm seeing EXACTLY the same behaviour. So why is the bugreport incomplete?

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Andres Mujica (andres.mujica) wrote :

Hi morryis, Incomplete is used whenever a Triager or Developer asks a question to the reporter.

Can you execute from a terminal

apport-collect 41746

and

apport-collect -p linux 414746

thanks

tags: added: regression-potential
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Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: morryis 5904 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: morryis 5904 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfa200000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889A'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0885,1458a002,00100101'
   Controls : 38
   Simple ctrls : 21
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.16~test5-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: 2009-08-24T12:35:38.611578

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status: Incomplete → New
tags: added: apport-collected
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Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: morryis 5904 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: morryis 5904 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfa200000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889A'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0885,1458a002,00100101'
   Controls : 38
   Simple ctrls : 21
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=fce737f8-a64b-47c2-93c4-824ca28f9761
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P35-DS4
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
PccardctlIdent:

PccardctlStatus:

ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-5-generic root=UUID=8725ff6d-2778-413d-8e0f-06a1a14938f2 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-5-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.16
RfKill:

Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 08/12/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F14a
dmi.board.name: P35-DS4
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF14a:bd08/12/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP35-DS4:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP35-DS4:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: P35-DS4
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: hildeb 23437 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: hildeb 23437 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc220000 irq 20'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC663'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0663,17341157,00100001'
   Controls : 23
   Simple ctrls : 14
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x8c5'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x8c5 at usb-0000:00:1a.7-1, high speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB046d:08c5'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
   Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
   Capture channels: Mono
   Limits: Capture 0 - 3072
   Mono: Capture 2442 [79%] [18.00dB] [off]
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=fbc0d048-800c-4d4d-8f2c-401821359b44
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: FUJITSU SIEMENS ESPRIMO E7935
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
PccardctlIdent:

PccardctlStatus:

ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-6-generic-pae root=UUID=80fa6bc9-9835-4b04-be4b-deb8bee191ed ro noquiet nosplash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-6.25-generic-pae
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-6-generic-pae 2.6.31-6.7
 linux-firmware 1.16
RfKill:

Uname: Linux 2.6.31-6-generic-pae i686
UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 06/03/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS // Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 R1.15.2828.A1
dmi.board.name: D2828-A1
dmi.board.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
dmi.board.version: S26361-D2828-A1
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnFUJITSUSIEMENS//PhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr6.00R1.15.2828.A1:bd06/03/2009:svnFUJITSUSIEMENS:pnESPRIMOE7935:pvr:rvnFUJITSUSIEMENS:rnD2828-A1:rvrS26361-D2828-A1:cvnFUJITSUSIEMENS:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: ESPRIMO E7935
dmi.sys.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS

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Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
morryis (morryis)
description: updated
summary: - Headphones not activated regression (karmic)
+ speakers cannot be muted when using headphones regression (karmic)
tags: added: regression-release
removed: regression-potential
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Camarasan Georgian Florin (geo-nasa) wrote :

I also have this problem, so I added the apport data hoping that it will help.
I will also add a codec dump provided as mention in the following link:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ALSA/JackSense

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Camarasan Georgian Florin (geo-nasa) wrote :

The second file.

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iltony (iltony) wrote :

Don't know this is useful, anyhow, if you own a Lenovo 3000 N200 laptop, by adding the line: "options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 model=lenovo" jack-detection turns on. If this method is used in conjunction with: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/414746/comments/54 , then everything should work fine after.

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Oliver Joos (oliver-joos) wrote :

I confirm. I do not see a single widget in gnome-volume-control (2.28.1) for Headphone - see screenshot. To switch headphone jack sense I use gnome-alsamixer.

My audio device:
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)

I see this bug only as top of the iceberg, compared to bug 322909.

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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC1200 Analog [ALC1200 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: crusty 1453 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xefff4000 irq 23'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC1200'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,103c2a65,00100101'
   Controls : 31
   Simple ctrls : 19
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu14
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 02/11/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 5.23
dmi.board.name: Irvine
dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN
dmi.board.version: HP P/N
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr5.23:bd02/11/2009:svnHP-Pavilion:pnNH969AV-ABAs3710t:pvr:rvnFOXCONN:rnIrvine:rvrHPP/N:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: NH969AV-ABA s3710t
dmi.sys.vendor: HP-Pavilion

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mike (mianfel) wrote :

I've seen in Lucid that by default the front panel headphones do not work.
If you open gnome-alsamixer you can see a checkbox where you can check "Independent HP" that fix this problem in jaunty, but in Lucid this checkbox doesn't fix nothing.

POSIBLE workaround

If you open a terminal and type the command "alsamixer" (similar to gnome-alsamixer but only for terminal) then you can see a menu similar to gnome-alsamixer. You can see the same checkbox "Independent HP", but in this case it works fine and you can toggle on or off the front panel headphones.

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olivier (olivier-potonniee) wrote :

I confirm that turning on "Headphone Jack Sense" in "alsamixer" properly activates headphone detection: headphone works, and PC HPs are automatically desactivated when headphone is plugged in.
Thanks for this nice workaround.

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Chan Ju Ping (rewarp) wrote :

I submitted my report via "ubuntu-bug pulseaudio", not sure whether its relevant. Please advice me for further requests of information.

My headphones aren't detected automatically, and the only way to get them working is to either play a sound first before plugging it in, or pulling out and plugging in the headphone jack if it is already inserted.

A solution would be appreciated.

P.S. I tried the Independent HP method mentioned above which did not work for me.

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Chan Ju Ping (rewarp) wrote :

I have a scaling problem with my sound as well, which I fixed via the following link.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/441195/comments/35

It also allowed automated use of my headphones. Unfortunately, I can only use my headphones after this fix as the laptop speakers won't work via this solution.

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Karen (sputnikk) wrote :

I have Ubuntu 9.10 and the same problem that the laptop-loudspeakers (Siemens Esprimo Mobile U9200) don't mute when headphones or external speakers are plugged in. When I type "alsamixer" in a terminal, there is nothing like "independent HP", and I can't operate the two different speakers independantly anywhere else either. Hope this bug can be fixed soon, as it doesn't allow to work with headphones in silent environments.

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Oliver Joos (oliver-joos) wrote :

@Karen: Did you try "gnome-alsamixer"? It has a checkbox for "Headphone Jack Sense".

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Crusty Barnacle (calipengo) wrote : Re: [Bug 414746] Re: speakers cannot be muted when using headphones regression (karmic)

@Oliver

[HP 2140 mini]

No "Headphone Jack Sense" in either alsamixer or gnome-alsamixer. :-/

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Oliver Joos <email address hidden>wrote:

> @Karen: Did you try "gnome-alsamixer"? It has a checkbox for "Headphone
> Jack Sense".
>
> --
> speakers cannot be muted when using headphones regression (karmic)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414746
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-media
>
> Until Jaunty my headphones were activated automatically and speakers muted
> when I plugged the headphones. Since Karmic, the headphone output is not
> activated automatically. There is no way to activate the headphones manually
> by the 'Sound Preferences' gui, i.e. 'gnome-volume-manager' or
> 'pavucontrol'. When I change 'Connector' from 'Sound Preferences -> Output'
> from 'Analog Output' to 'Analog Headphones' the speakers are muted, but the
> headphones do not work. The only possibility to activate the headphones
> properly is by activating the 'Headphone' switch in 'gnome-alsamixer'
> (anyway this leaves the speakers unmuted).
>
> UPDATE:
> Since the headphones are working now, there is still no possibility do
> disable the speakers without muting the headphones too
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Mon Aug 17 12:22:09 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: gnome-media 2.27.90-0ubuntu1
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
> SourcePackage: gnome-media
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic i686
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/414746/+subscribe
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Karen (sputnikk) wrote :

Same here,no "headphone jack sense". But there are checkboxes, among others one for headphones and one for speakers. But switching either of them on and off always switches off both, speakers and headphones. They don't seem to be seperate.

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Oliver Joos (oliver-joos) wrote :

Bad news! I thought, it's only a missing checkbox in the new volume-applet.

Infos that could help solving this bug:
Have a look in the "Sound Card Properties" of gnome-alsamixer. Is "Headphone Jack Sense" just hidden? (see my attachment)
Are you able to mute speakers and headphones separately using another OS (like MS Windows)?
What audio hardware do you have exactly? Open a Terminal and enter:

  lspci | grep -i audio

Mine is:
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)

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Karen (sputnikk) wrote :

No, unfortunately Headphone Jack Sense is really not there. There seems to be a lot other stuff that's not there, too (see attachment).
Sorry, have deleted Windows, so can't test with another system. But it worked fine with Hardy.
lspci | grep -i audio gives this:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

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Crusty Barnacle (calipengo) wrote :

Same here... Missing a lot of options:

lspci | grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition
Audio Controller (rev 01)

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Karen <email address hidden> wrote:

> No, unfortunately Headphone Jack Sense is really not there. There seems to
> be a lot other stuff that's not there, too (see attachment).
> Sorry, have deleted Windows, so can't test with another system. But it
> worked fine with Hardy.
> lspci | grep -i audio gives this:
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
> Controller (rev 03)
>
>
> ** Attachment added: "screen-shot_alsa_mixer.jpg"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/414746/+attachment/1518777/+files/screen-shot_alsa_mixer.jpg
>
> --
> speakers cannot be muted when using headphones regression (karmic)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414746
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-media
>
> Until Jaunty my headphones were activated automatically and speakers muted
> when I plugged the headphones. Since Karmic, the headphone output is not
> activated automatically. There is no way to activate the headphones manually
> by the 'Sound Preferences' gui, i.e. 'gnome-volume-manager' or
> 'pavucontrol'. When I change 'Connector' from 'Sound Preferences -> Output'
> from 'Analog Output' to 'Analog Headphones' the speakers are muted, but the
> headphones do not work. The only possibility to activate the headphones
> properly is by activating the 'Headphone' switch in 'gnome-alsamixer'
> (anyway this leaves the speakers unmuted).
>
> UPDATE:
> Since the headphones are working now, there is still no possibility do
> disable the speakers without muting the headphones too
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Mon Aug 17 12:22:09 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: gnome-media 2.27.90-0ubuntu1
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
> SourcePackage: gnome-media
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic i686
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/414746/+subscribe
>

Gary M (garym)
tags: added: hda-jack-sense karmic
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Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt) wrote :

Still there in maverick!

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fsqcds (fsqcds) wrote :

Still there in narwhal!

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Crusty Barnacle (calipengo) wrote :

Working for me in narwhal (11.04).
HP Mini 2140.

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)

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fsqcds (fsqcds) wrote :

Glad for you. But I had to switch to oss (and uncomment module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input in default.pa) and now I can switch between headphones and speakers with this script I wrote https://gist.github.com/1015578

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller

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Oliver Joos (oliver-joos) wrote :

@Crusty: what exactly do you mean by "working for me"? Do you have a checkbox somewhere to switch speakers on/off when headphones are attached? Or are your speakers just always off when headphones are attached, and that is what you want?

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Crusty Barnacle (calipengo) wrote :

@Oliver Joos

Working for me, as in how I want it to.
No checkbox.
Speakers always muted when headphones attached.

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Oliver Joos (oliver-joos) wrote :

@Crusty: Ok, then you are lucky. This bug is more about not being able to toggle headphone jack sense using the mouse. If I plug-in small speakers to my laptop I want disable jack sense so that external and internal speakers are on. This worked in older Ubuntu releases!

Meanwhile I updated to Natty 11.04 and this bug still nags me. But I found a workaround! This command disables jack sense:
  amixer sset 'Headphone Jack Sense' off

So I added a panel icon to start a small script that toggles jack sense. (see attachment).

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) reached end-of-life on April 30, 2011.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please upgrade to the latest version and re-test.

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
affects: pulseaudio → mir
no longer affects: mir
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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