headphones not cutting off main speakers

[Hugh Carroll]

acer aspire 7730 laptop.

Using the preferences in the volume control, i finally managed to get the headphones working by turning off and on the 'surround' option. After this the main speakers continued to output.

Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

lsmod:
Module Size Used by
af_packet 25728 4
i915 38528 2
drm 86056 3 i915
binfmt_misc 16904 1
rfcomm 44432 0
bridge 56980 0
stp 10628 1 bridge
bnep 20480 2
sco 18308 2
l2cap 30464 6 rfcomm,bnep
bluetooth 61924 6 rfcomm,bnep,sco,l2cap
ppdev 15620 0
ipv6 263972 19
acpi_cpufreq 15500 1
cpufreq_conservative 14600 0
cpufreq_userspace 11396 0
cpufreq_stats 13188 0
cpufreq_powersave 9856 0
cpufreq_ondemand 14988 1
freq_table 12672 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
pci_slot 12680 0
container 11520 0
sbs 19464 0
sbshc 13440 1 sbs
iptable_filter 10752 0
ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 22916 1 ip_tables
parport_pc 39204 0
lp 17156 0
parport 42604 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 18368 0
snd_hda_intel 384176 6
snd_pcm_oss 46848 0
snd_mixer_oss 22784 1 snd_pcm_oss
arc4 9984 2
ecb 10880 2
crypto_blkcipher 25476 1 ecb
snd_pcm 83204 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10884 0
iwlagn 99716 0
iwlcore 94532 1 iwlagn
snd_seq_oss 38528 0
rfkill 17176 2 iwlcore
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
acer_wmi 19008 0
snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15232 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
led_class 12164 2 iwlcore,acer_wmi
mac80211 216820 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
sdhci_pci 15360 0
serio_raw 13444 0
sdhci 23940 1 sdhci_pci
snd_seq 57776 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29960 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mmc_core 58268 1 sdhci
evdev 17696 11
snd_seq_device 15116 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 45200 0
pcspkr 10624 0
uvcvideo 63624 0
cfg80211 32392 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
snd 63268 20 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
compat_ioctl32 9344 1 uvcvideo
videodev 41344 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 22404 2 uvcvideo,videodev
soundcore 15328 1 snd
shpchp 38036 0
pci_hotplug 34976 1 shpchp
snd_page_alloc 16136 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video 25232 0
output 11008 1 video
wmi 14504 1 acer_wmi
ac 12292 0
battery 18436 0
button 14224 0
intel_agp 33724 1
agpgart 42184 3 drm,intel_agp
ext3 133256 1
jbd 55828 1 ext3
mbcache 16004 1 ext3
sr_mod 22212 1
cdrom 43168 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 42392 3
crc_t10dif 9984 1 sd_mod
sg 39732 0
ahci 37132 4
libata 178208 1 ahci
scsi_mod 155212 4 sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata
dock 16656 1 libata
tg3 129924 0
libphy 27392 1 tg3
ehci_hcd 43788 0
uhci_hcd 30736 0
usbcore 149360 4 uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 23708 0
processor 42156 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 12548 0
fbcon 47648 0
tileblit 10880 1 fbcon
font 16512 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
fuse 60828 3

thanks.
Hughie

[Eddie M. (eddiemartinez)]

I can confirm this. What happens to me is that the output works on the headphones/output, but sounds also still comes out on the main speakers.

[Hugh Carroll (hughie)]

exactly!

--
Hughie

Eddie M. wrote:
> I can confirm this. What happens to me is that the output works on the
> headphones/output, but sounds also still comes out on the main speakers.
>

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Please execute the alsa-info.sh script referenced from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems and attach the URL here.

[Hugh Carroll (hughie)]

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=e2b2e933a38462c705ddc44fb897277d3d2be598

--
Hughie

Daniel T Chen wrote:
> Please execute the alsa-info.sh script referenced from
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems and attach the URL here.
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: pulseaudio => linux
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[KimOlsen (kimfolsen80)]

I think this might be relatet to some quirks with acer and autosense fixes done in alsa-drivers-1.0.19

[Peter B. (puk007-gmail)]

Hi,

I'm having Acer Aspire 5738G with Ubuntu 9.04.
Output on lspci is the same as reported in original bug text:
Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

The same problem on my side as reported - no sound on headphones plugged in from them, only built in speakers work all the time.

I've found solution here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7785954

it's in adding to:
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
following line:
options snd-hda-intel model=auto

this solves the problem.

However my wish is that Ubuntu would run on any HW out of the box without any command line hacks.
Therefor if possible, please do this fix automatically somehow.

thanks
hope it helps

pb

[su4232 (racerslane)]

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=63086d3ee5c6ccd5040380c92938280673a9e2e3

plz help me