Headphone jack does not mute speakers after upgrade to 9.10 Karmic

[dsrossing]

Hi Guys,
I'm pretty new to Ubuntu (just started 2 weeks ago), but i am very impressed.... especially considering the cost (nothing)! Unfortunately there are a few bugs, but this fixed it for my HP/compaq nc6220 laptop. I have Ubuntu 9.10.

1) Open a terminal window
2) Type alsamixer
3) Arrow over and highlight Headphon
4) Press m key to toggle the headphone jack sense

For more info on alsamixer, see this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsamixer

I spent about 3 hours digging around, trying a bunch of things, and learning some new terminal commands before figuring this out.
Hope that helps!

[wileur]

Hi guys,

I made a script that makes sure it's fixed all the time. It's posted a couple of days ago here:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...+karmic+detect

[yellowbean]

Doesn't seem to be the same problem that I'm having. Actually it seems like it's not properly detecting my heaphone jack at all. I don't have a headphone detect option in alsa-mixer and the headphone volume slider doesn't go above 0. I do get audio out of the headphones though, it's just playing out of my speakers at the same time. I suspect I need to change something in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf. No time to look into it now, but hopefully I'll post a solution in the next day or so in case someone else has my issue.

[rattamayhorka]

i have a gateway laptop (m6809m) with a intel stac9205 and i solved it with this:

1.- read the instructions to get the the last version of the alsa project http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1046137

2.- download the script and run it to get the last alsa snapshot

3.- edit the alsa.conf file with sudo properties like this on the terminal:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

4.- at the end of the file add this:

options snd-hda-intel model=eapd probe_mask=1 position_fix=1

5.- restart your laptop

the trick is "model= eapd" (e)xternal (a)udio (p)ower (d)own
i hope it work for you all...

[greg batmarx]

After searching for hours for the problem-a problem that did not exist in ubuntu 9.04 but arose in the ubuntu 9.10, aka the annoying simultaneous playing of the speakers and the headphones-
I CONFIRM THAT THE SOLUTION PROVIDED BY rattamayhorka SOLVES THE PROBLEM

My laptop is an acer 6530g and following the steps provided,
I managed not only to listen to music from my headphones with the speakers properly muted but moreover the whole process is much smoother and automated than it used to be in ubuntu 9.04!

A big thank also for wileur for providing a useful script!
UBUNTU and UBUNTU community rock!

[greg batmarx]

hm...
After testing more the provided solution i found a rather annoying glitch...
The computer generates all the time a c tic-tac sound behaving like an old analog clock!

Why is this happening?
So setting " options snd-hda-intel model=eapd probe_mask=1 position_fix=1 " leads to this minor adverse effect...

[greg batmarx]

i tried this solution for this minor glitch http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1313986
but it did not work for me...
Well,i wrote alsamixer in the console and found out that the problem was the mic!
Muting the mic i got rid of this tic-tac sound and now everything is working perfect!

[mkongwe]

Thank you, you helped me big time.

[mkongwe]

thanks dsrosing..

[dsrossing]

thanks dsrosing..

No problem! It's great to have this community of folks helping each other out.