[alsa-devel] Plugging in headphones doesn't mute speakers, internal microphone does not work

[Takashi Iwai]

At Mon, 2 Mar 2009 21:46:04 -0200,
Emilio López wrote:
> 
> 2009/3/2 Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>
> 
>     At Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:38:10 -0200,
>     Emilio López wrote:
>     >
>     > Hello,
>     >
>     > This is my first mail to the list, I hope you can help me. I have been
>     > talking with people on #alsa, but they couldn't help me, so that's why
>     > I'm writing to you.
>     >
>     > Well, as lspci says, my Acer Aspire 6930 laptop has an "Intel
>     > Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)". With
>     > this card, and without adding any mode=... to
>     > /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, playback works perfectly, but when I plug
>     > in headphones, the integrated speakers do not mute. I can mute the
>     > speakers muting "front" and "side" and use the headphones, but it
>     > should be automatic.
>     >
>     > Setting mode=auto makes the headphones, when plugged, mute the
>     > speakers. But the problem with this is, that when using the speakers,
>     > I only get sound from the speaker that was "front" in the other mode.
>     > The microphone does not work in this mode either.
>     >
>     > I also tried other modes, including (but not limited to) acer,
>     > acer-aspire. I ran alsa-info.sh, here is the URL:
>     > http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=
>     7910da439e8e190a8c2a6f18167d4879c74881c9
>     >
>     > And before I forget, regarding the microphone, if I plug an external
>     > one on the microphone plug, I can record. And I tried the internal one
>     > on windows, and it works, so I believe it's an alsa problem.
>     >
>     > Looking forward to hearing from you!
>    
>     Could you check the very latest sound git tree or alsa-driver snapshot
>     below, first without model option?
>      git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git
>      ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/
>     alsa-driver-snapshot.tar.gz
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tried with the alsa-driver snapshot without any model option, and now the
> headphones mute the speakers. But the internal microphone doesn't still work,
> and 'Side' doesn't output sound like it did before, even if it's unmuted and
> with volume at 100% (with the old version and without any model option, it
> worked)

What "Side" volume would do exactly?  It's for 7.1 output.
Does the machine have 7.1 output?


Takashi