Headphone jack-sense not working with Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

[Cody A.W. Somerville]

Headphone jack-sense issue with Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) in my Vostro 1520. When I plugin my speakers to the headphone jack, the built-in speakers continue to produce sound.

Also, I find that I have to turn up my volume to 80% or greater to even get any sound from my speakers or the built in speakers.

alsa-info.sh information uploaded and available at http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=3d4a7743922d84fab1019078a60c9a8e388f9409

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1dc97bac-4b4f-41dc-979d-7ea758672da8
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 1520
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.42
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=5a7d6f1e-636f-42c4-b34e-1d478d778833 ro quiet splash bootchart=nostop
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.42-generic
SourcePackage: linux

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

likely fixed in karmic; needs confirmation

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

confirmed fixed in karmic

[Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville)]

I can confirm that it is indeed fixed in karmic.

[Daniel Cardin (daniel-cardin)]

Is there a workaround for Jaunty ? backport ?

[Davide Morano (mezzovento)]

I solved upgrading ALSA from 1.0.18rc3 to 1.0.20.
Here you can find an exhaustive howto:
http://monespaceperso.org/blog-en/2009/05/09/upgrade-alsa-1020-on-ubuntu-jaunty-904/

[Daniel Cardin (daniel-cardin)]

Thanks Davide,

I have indeed done the same thing, going to 1.0.20.
I believe a backport would have been the good thing to do so current users who do not know how to upgrade ALSA can still benefit from the fixes.