Hi. This script had no effect. I even ran it while music was playing. Mine
is a dv6tqe, slightly different than your model. Are there things I can run
to give you extra info that maybe resolves the minor differences in
hardware? I"m really interested getting this fixed after 8 months. In
windows, the speakers sound amazing, however that is definitely not enough
reason to use Windows.

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Joseph Hirn <email address hidden> wrote:

> I will have to check. I expected it to either make the tones or spot
> out a result file. I do not think it enabled all the speakers though.
> Will have to check.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 26, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Robert Schroll <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> > On 04/26/2012 05:19 PM, Joe H. wrote:
> >> I do not get any out put with this script.
> >
> > That's a good sign -- like all well-designed UNIX scripts, it is silent
> > on success.  The question is, did it enable all four speakers?
> >
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> > report.
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971224
> >
> > Title:
> >  [HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC, IDT 92HD81B1X5, Speaker, Internal] No
> >  bass, only 2/4 speakers working
> >
> > Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu:
> >  Confirmed
> >
> > Bug description:
> >  I have a HP Pavilion dv6-6186nr with "Beats Audio" (whatever that
> >  means).  As best I can tell, the notebook has four speakers: two under
> >  the grill at the base of the screen ("top") and two along the front,
> >  under the wrist rest ("front").  When playing audio through the
> >  headphone jack, everything works perfectly (including muting the
> >  speakers).  However, playback through the speakers reveals two
> >  problems:
> >
> >  1) There is no bass coming through the speakers.  Only midrange and
> >  treble is produced.  This isthe major annoyance.
> >
> >  2) Sound is only produced from the two top speakers.  I don't
> >  particularly care about this fact, but perhaps it's a clue to what's
> >  going wrong.
> >
> >  Various online resources have suggested adding options to
> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf.  I've tried each of the following
> individually without effect:
> >    options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1
> >    options snd-hda-intel model=hp-dv5
> >    options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m4
> >    options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m4-1
> >    options snd-hda-intel model=hp
> >  One option did make a difference: this produced sound only from the
> front speakers:
> >    options snd-hda-intel model=ref
> >
> >  In the sound settings "Hardware" tab, I have chosen the "Analog Stereo
> >  Duplex" profile; none of the digital options work.
> >
> >  I wonder if perhaps alsa thinks there is a subwoofer, and is therefore
> >  shunting the bass away from the speakers.   But this is just a WAG.
> >
> >  ProblemType: Bug
> >  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> >  Package: alsa-base 1.0.24+dfsg-0ubuntu2
> >  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.29-generic 3.0.20
> >  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic x86_64
> >  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
> >  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
> >  Architecture: amd64
> >  ArecordDevices:
> >   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> >   card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx
> Analog]
> >     Subdevices: 1/1
> >     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> >  AudioDevicesInUse:
> >   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
> >   /dev/snd/controlC0:  rschroll   1814 F.... pulseaudio
> >  Card0.Amixer.info:
> >   Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xc7500000 irq 53'
> >     Mixer name    : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
> >     Components    : 'HDA:111d7605,103c3388,00100105
> HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000'
> >     Controls      : 18
> >     Simple ctrls  : 10
> >  Date: Sun Apr  1 23:23:51 2012
> >  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64
> (20111012)
> >  PackageArchitecture: all
> >  ProcEnviron:
> >   PATH=(custom, user)
> >   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> >   SHELL=/bin/bash
> >  SourcePackage: alsa-driver
> >  Symptom: audio
> >  Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH
> successful
> >  Symptom_Card: Internal Audio - HDA Intel PCH
> >  Symptom_Jack: Speaker, Internal
> >  Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful
> >  Symptom_Type: Only some of outputs are working
> >  Title: [HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC, IDT 92HD81B1X5, Speaker, Internal]
> Playback problem
> >  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> >  dmi.bios.date: 07/20/2011
> >  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> >  dmi.bios.version: F.1A
> >  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
> >  dmi.board.name: 3388
> >  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> >  dmi.board.version: 10.31
> >  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
> >  dmi.chassis.type: 10
> >  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> >  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
> >  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.1A:bd07/20/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6NotebookPC:pvr058C110000244720001620100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3388:rvr10.31:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
> >  dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
> >  dmi.product.version: 058C110000244720001620100
> >  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> >  mtime.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.alsa.base.conf:
> 2012-02-23T16:04:09.047237
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