[Realtek ALC269] Headphones and Speakers do not switch automatically

[rdhddmazoku]

If I go to Sound Preferences, Output, and set the connector to Analog Output and reboot, sound will play out of the speakers and if I plug in headphone, sound comes out of both the speakers AND headphones. If I set it to Analog Speakers, I get no sound from headphones if I plug them in and vise versa with Analog Headphones. It should switch to speakers when headphones are not plugged in and it should switch off the speakers and put sound through headphones if they are plugged in. This issue was in both 9.10 and 10.04 on my EEE 1001P netbook.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.22.1+dfsg-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: alonea 1412 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7cf8000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,104383ce,00100004'
   Controls : 13
   Simple ctrls : 8
Date: Thu Jul 15 17:33:27 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SelectedCard: 0 Intel HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Title: [Realtek ALC269] ALSA test tone not correctly played back
dmi.bios.date: 01/04/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0706
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 1005P
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0706:bd01/04/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1001P:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1005P:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 1001P
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

[Luke Yelavich (themuso)]

Could you please try installing the package linux-alsa-modules-generic from the Ubuntu Audio Dev PPA, http://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev/+archive, reboot your system, and report back as to whether internal speakers get muted when you connect your headphones?

Thanks.

 affects ubuntu/alsa-driver
 status incomplete

[J Cooper (jcooper3142)]

Just installed linux-alsa-driver-modules-2.6.32-24-generic, now headphones and speakers work as expected. Thanks for all you do.

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

Great, thanks for reporting back!

[Cordero Reinhardt (harrison-bergeron111-deactivatedaccount)]

This also works on Acer Aspire 5517 Realtek ALC272X.

[Cordero Reinhardt (harrison-bergeron111-deactivatedaccount)]

Not sure if this is a coincidence or not but I uninstalled my FGLRX Proprietary Driver this morning and the problem seems to be back. This could be because it was just a temporary fix or because I uninstalled the FGLRX Driver.

[Yohance (oyohval)]

Thank you very much for this fix. I was having the same problem on my lenovo L412 pc and this solved my problem.