Just got back from vacation and continuing this effort to resolve. In reviewing your notes, Do you understand that My headphone jacks sound fine, however the internal speakers seem to be mapped wrong or unmapped? I just need to know how to find which speakers are on what nodes and also how to group/set them up in 'hda jack retask' so that the sound will split to each of them. I believe it should be 2.1 for the laptop so (2) speakers and (1) subwoofer. 






> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:10:40 +0000
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> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 1332900] Re: [Alienware 18, Realtek ALC668, Speaker, Internal] Playback problem
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/hda/hda_auto_parser.c?id=1c70a583417e8db1e1d5069d7651ba294e9499de
> 
> using hda Jack retask to add headset mic
> 
> and  specify hint by modifying hda-jack-retask.fw generated by hda Jack
> retask
> 
> parser_flags = 4
> 
> to force the parser to find headset Mic which have specific sequence
> number 0x0c and set misc bit (bit 8)
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/tree/Documentation/sound/alsa
> /HD-Audio.txt
> 
> however the current logic of auto Mic selection won't consider the extra
> Mic jack in alienware
> 
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> Title:
>   [Alienware 18, Realtek ALC668, Speaker, Internal] Playback problem
> 
> Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
> 
> Bug description:
>   Bug seems similar to another reported bug with Alienware 18 laptops.
>   It should be Realtek ALC3661 however it shows up as ALC668. Sound only
>   comes out of 1 Channel, which appears to be subwoofer. Unlike the
>   other bug, closing the lid appears to have no effect on sound.
> 
>   When doing the bug test, it said sound would alternate between 2
>   channels, however I only heard one consistent sound. It did not
>   alternate. I believe it is playing from the subwoofer only. I would
>   love to know more about how to route the sound to the proper speakers.
> 
>   I attempted modifications to daemon.conf in pulse and .asoundrc but
>   have not found the correct configuration yet.
> 
>   This laptop is equipped with 2.1 Surround and should play sound
>   accordingly. Also, alsamixer only shows (1) speaker control, whether
>   this is normal I am unsure.
> 
>   
>   Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
> 
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>   Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
>   Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic x86_64
>   NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
>   ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
>   Architecture: amd64
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC1:  phallix    1730 F.... pulseaudio
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  phallix    1730 F.... pulseaudio
>                         phallix    8573 F.... alsamixer
>   CurrentDesktop: Unity
>   Date: Sat Jun 21 21:02:28 2014
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-15 (6 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
>   PackageArchitecture: all
>   SourcePackage: alsa-driver
>   Symptom: audio
>   Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH failed
>   Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH
>   Symptom_Jack: Speaker, Internal
>   Symptom_Type: Only some of outputs are working
>   Title: [Alienware 18, Realtek ALC668, Speaker, Internal] Playback problem
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 04/23/2014
>   dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware
>   dmi.bios.version: A07
>   dmi.board.name: 01W2J2
>   dmi.board.vendor: Alienware
>   dmi.board.version: A02
>   dmi.chassis.type: 8
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware
>   dmi.chassis.version: A07
>   dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA07:bd04/23/2014:svnAlienware:pnAlienware18:pvrA07:rvnAlienware:rn01W2J2:rvrA02:cvnAlienware:ct8:cvrA07:
>   dmi.product.name: Alienware 18
>   dmi.product.version: A07
>   dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware
>   mtime.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.alsa.base.conf: 2014-06-17T23:18:00.223827
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