Lenovo y430 sound problem

[Upas]

Hey guys, I'm dual booting Ubuntu 8.10 on my Lenovo Y430. Everything works great so far except for this one aspect.

The Lenovo Y430 comes with a Dolby Digital "subwoofer" on the bottom of the computer. Now this subwoofer works fine when I'm playing music through my speakers, but when I put headphones in, the normal speakers shut off as they are supposed to, but the subwoofer does not.

The result is I have sound coming through my headphones, and a muffled bass-only sound coming from my laptop. Since I work in public spaces a lot, this will not do. I need to be able to silence my laptop completely with headphones, not just make it less noisy.

Are there any drivers available to fix this, or any other fixes I could use?

[Upas]

Necro bump. I still have this problem.

[Miroku]

any success with 9.04 if u upgraded?

[abitom]

Installed 9.04 had the same trouble.... :mad:

[njd4k]

If you right-click on the volume icon, you can bring up a sound manager that on my machine has access to multiple different sound drivers. (So when an upgrade shifted all the balance to my right speaker, I fiddled with all the balance options until I found the left speaker all the way down in one panel.)

If you open the manager, do you see any options for the subwoofer?

[cheatex]

Hi,
ii have same problem...

If you open the manager, do you see any options for the subwoofer?
No, there is no any options for subvoofer.

[cheatex]

I found simple solution: reboot to windows, plug headphones and boot back to linux ;)

[crash187]

has anyone found a better fix for this i really am considering going all ubuntu

[shortcut144]

No, I've been searching forever. I'm hoping that that the new 2.6.31 kernel helps. This sound issue is a major pain for me.

I've gone all Linux and I'm... OK with it... I guess. I'm pushing through and hoping I can find a fix for the Lenovo Y430 sound issue... some day.

[mientefuego]

It seems that upgrading to 9.10 solves the problem.

As a matter of fact, I did not upgrade, I installed Karmic Koala from scratch. If you don't get that by simply upgrading the system, you may try that.

[tonyshangrila]

It seems that upgrading to 9.10 solves the problem.

As a matter of fact, I did not upgrade, I installed Karmic Koala from scratch. If you don't get that by simply upgrading the system, you may try that.

I tried installing 9.10 from scratch on my Y430, was not as lucky. :(

[Nixikanius]

I tried installing 9.10 from scratch on my Y430, was not as lucky. :(

I have same problem on 9.10. Rebooting throught Windows helps, but it isn't a good idea to solve problem...

[Nixikanius]

Hey, guys!

Did anybody solve this problem?

[jmzcray]

me too, just recently installed 10.04

the headphones does not mute the speaker. I have tried ALL combination to put in the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf for the line

snd-hda-intel model=xxx

aplay -l gives:

card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: Conexant Digital [Conexant Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

head -n 1 /proc/asound/card0/codec* gives:

==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 <==
Codec: Intel G45 DEVCTG

==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#2 <==
Codec: Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)

[jmzcray]

More info for the bump -->

lsb_release -rd gives:
------------------------------------------------------
Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release: 10.04
-----------------------------------------------------

I have tried to update the alsa-driver to 1.0.23 by following this website:
http://monespaceperso.org/blog-en/2010/05/02/upgrade-alsa-1-0-23-on-ubuntu-lucid-lynx-10-04/
however, after a reboot, the alsa-driver seems to revert back to 1.0.22.1 (see below)

uname -a gives:
-----------------------------------------------------
Linux lynxY430 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:27:30 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
-----------------------------------------

cat /proc/asound/version gives:
---------------------------------------------------------------
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.22.1.
Compiled on Apr 29 2010 for kernel 2.6.32-22-generic (SMP).
---------------------------------------------------------------

I have also register it as a bug here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/583292

if this problem affects you, please click on:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/583292/+affectsmetoo

Thanks!