Internal speakers do not mute when using headphones

[gogodidi]

Hello, I got a brand new HP dv9510(eo) model laptop two days ago, and since then I have managed to get most things to work. The biggest problem is one I have been struggling with for a few hours now (last night and this morning): the internal speakers will not mute when a headphone is plugged in.

The headphone will get the sound also, but the speakers continue to play. This kind of defeats the purpose of the headphones.

I have tried the information found at this page and have compiled the latest version of alsa with the patch, and it still does not work. I have also been googling for any pages that might, help and have not found anything among the billions of useless "lulz plz hlp m" pages.

I know that many people have this problem, but with them it is often a simple "check that in volume control" solution or "your hardware is busted".

My problem is similar to those seen in theseubuntuforum threads, all unsolved:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=500894
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=446782

Some data:

Feisty Fawn.

$ uname -a

Linux Thies 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 06:17:24 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lspci

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP65 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP65 SMBus (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP65 SMU (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP65 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP65 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:06.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP65 Ethernet (rev a3)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP65 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP65 IDE (rev a1)
00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP65 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 045b (rev a1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART (rev 02)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0427 (rev a1)
07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0832 (rev 05)
07:05.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
07:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 12)
07:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
07:05.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)

I really hope I can get this figured out. I would be most grateful for any help whatsoever.

Thanks.

[gogodidi]

well, Im glad this worked out well for me...

[lawr_rawr]

I have a similar Nvidia audio device (nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)), and I have to manually mute "front" to disable the speakers. Maybe you have already tried this, but read my posts in this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=442841

There is no "headphone jack sense" option for my audio device... so the only way I could do it was to manually enable/disable the speakers.

[lien_meat]

I have some news! I have a Compaq v3015nr, which has the same audio chipset as does lawr_rawr. I have gotten headphone sense working!

Here's the important info:
distro: Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
kernel: 2.6.20-16-generic (just the regular one from ubuntu, not custom or anything)
alsa:
alsa-base_1.0.13-3ubuntu1_all.deb
alsa-firmware-loaders
alsa-oss

The magic though is this line I added in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:

options snd-hda-intel model=laptop

(in the past to get any sound to work I had to install alsa from source, but it seems feisty has fixed this. I can't confirm whether adding this line to a "from-source" install of alsa works, but I would suppose so.)

# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-ioctl32 ; : ; }
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --Qb snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-oss ; : ; }

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb saa7134-alsa ; : ; }

# Load snd-seq for devices that don't have hardware midi;
#   Ubuntu #26283, #43682, #56005; works around Ubuntu #34831 for
#   non-Creative Labs PCI hardware
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options snd-bt87x index=-2
options cx88-alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
#options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388

####### These are ones I've tried recently! (none work...) ############
#options snd-hda-intel model=ref
#options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-hp
#options snd-hda-intel model=m2-2
#options snd-hda-intel index=0 disable_msi=1
#options snd-hda-intel model=z71v position_fix=1

####### This one works! ##########
options snd-hda-intel model=laptop

I've tried loads of other models/options trying to get something working. Nothing has come close to working as well as this does for me. It auto-mutes the speakers just like it should when you plug in headphones just like it's supposed to now, and unmutes when you take them out. Previously I had it working so that I could use the mute button as a toggle, but for some reason that stopped working all of the sudden one day. I backed up all my config files and alsa related .debs just in case something breaks (again). Hopefully this will help you. I know MOST HP laptops use exactly the same chipset as mine, and I happen to have a bios from HP on my machine...so chances are this fix will work for you too.
-Eric

[lawr_rawr]

Sadly, your fix doesn't work for me. Maybe there's something different hardware-wise between our laptops.

[joerite]

worked for me

[kvonb]

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[Gavigan280]

Having the same problem as OP; same hardware as well, running an HP Pavillion DV6000:

~$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP65 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP65 SMBus (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP65 SMU (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP65 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP65 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:06.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP65 Ethernet (rev a3)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP65 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP65 IDE (rev a1)
00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP65 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 045b (rev a1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1)
07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
07:05.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
07:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
07:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
07:05.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)

~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Tried the "options snd-hda-intel model=laptop" fix and "options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-hp" as well. Also updated alsa to 1.0.16 to no avail. Some help with this would be really nice.

[beatryder]

Originally Posted by lien_meat The magic though is this line I added in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: options snd-hda-intel model=laptop (in the past to get any sound to work I had to install alsa from source, but it seems feisty has fixed this. I can't confirm whether adding this line to a "from-source" install of alsa works, but I would suppose so.) ####### This one works! ########## options snd-hda-intel model=laptop

I have a Dell Latitude D620 and this worked for me.

[oldsoundguy]

Seems a shame to have to do all that for something that is USUALLY mechanical. In MOST cases the speaker lead goes THROUGH the headphone jack and when you insert the jack it physically interrupts the feed to the speakers. Only on "headphone monitoring" jacks on pro audio equipment is this not done. Shame the manufacturers have moved away from a very simple solution.