[Aspire 6530, Realtek ALC888, Black Headphone Out, Left] No automute

[Danny Stieben]

Simply put, the laptop's speakers do not auto-mute when I plug something into the headphone jack. And when I have them plugged in when I turn on the laptop, the speakers remain mute whenever I pull the headphones out.

I have tried specifying different models in alsa-base.conf, but none of them worked. "laptop" used to work, but it doesn't seem to anymore. Others I've tried have failed to bring results as well.

I'm refiling this bug with the newer information w/ Ubuntu 12.04. My initial bug report was two years ago in Bug #649176.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: dmaxel 1792 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: dmaxel 1792 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: dmaxel 1792 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/seq: dmaxel 1802 f.... qsynth
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf0000000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,10250166,00100202 HDA:11c11040,10250166,00100200'
   Controls : 25
   Simple ctrls : 15
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xcfdec000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Sun Jul 15 16:42:05 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA ATI SB
Symptom_Jack: Black Headphone Out, Left
Symptom_Type: No auto-mute between outputs
Title: [Aspire 6530, Realtek ALC888, Black Headphone Out, Left] No automute
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/18/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: v0.3223
dmi.board.name: Mantasta
dmi.board.vendor: Acer, Inc.
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer, Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv0.3223:bd02/18/2009:svnAcer,inc.:pnAspire6530:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer,Inc.:rnMantasta:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer,Inc.:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 6530
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer, inc.
mtime.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.alsa.base.conf: 2012-07-15T16:32:55.152254

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

I marked the old bug as a duplicate (since this one has fresh info).
Have you tried model=acer-aspire-4930g for the keyword?

[Danny Stieben (dmaxel)]

I can try model=acer-aspire-4930g one more time, but I did try it once and it failed to help.

[Danny Stieben (dmaxel)]

Just tried model=acer-aspire-4930g again, and it does not work.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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