Front panel audio jack is not working in Ubuntu 16.04

Question

My PC is dual booted with Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10. And it has dual audio port (front and rear) rear audio jack is working well but my front panel audio jack is not working in Ubuntu 16.04 (it's fine in Windows).
It was fine in Ubuntu 14.04.
I tried alsamixer but didn't helped me.

Solution 1

What helped for me was to run alsamixer with headphones in. Then moving right to the column marked "Auto-Mute mode" and pressing down to disable it.

Headphones then worked.

I also ran sudo alsactl store for good luck.

Seems to have worked.

Solution 2

1. Open your Terminal (ctrl+alt+t)
2. Enter the command alsamixer -c 1 in terminal
3. Use right arrow button and go to the headphone
4. Press m to unmute it and press up arrow button to increase the sound

Comments

[Sunad]

i tried it but didn't helped me, any other solutons?

[Egor Tensin]

Thanks! This worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04. alsactl store wasn't even necessary.

[Rick]

@EgorTensin But each time I switch from rear audio speaker to the front audio, I have to use that command and reset again... Same for you?

[Egor Tensin]

@Rick I'm sorry I don't remember how I solved this eventually. It works without any workarounds now, but I honestly don't remember what I did. One thing I did though was I connected a 3.5mm/mic splitter (like this one: amazon.com/Maeline-Female-Plated-Headphone-Splitter/dp/…) to the front panel headphones/mic ports, and connected my headphones via that cable.

[Devesh]

Can confirm that alsactl store wasn't needed.