Sound problem on both Speakers and HeadPhones

Question

I know there are a lot of questions like this here, but I tried them all and I couldn't make them work.

• I have a HP dv6-2190ep laptop.

• My sound card is HDA Intel IDT 92HD75B3X5.

• My Ubuntu is 13.04.

I tried to add options on alsa-base.conf but I still don't have auto mute option.

I'm completely changing to Ubuntu from Windows and it is important to fix this. I'm around this for about 1 month.

Solution 1

Try removing pulseaudio completely and installing alsa.

Check this out

Remove Pulse Audio

sudo apt-get autoremove pulseaudio

Reboot your computer or stop the pulseaudio daemon.

Install alsa-mixer

sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer

If you don't get any sound output run

gnome-alsamixer

For more details go to How to Remove PulseAudio & use ALSA in Ubuntu Linux?

Solution 2

I have had this problem on my Asus K55vm laptop since 12.04. Although your solution does work, in laptops it will cause the sound to be transmitted by both the plugged headphones and the speakers. To make them work properly and only have sound come out of the headphones when plugged in or the speakers when headphones are not plugged in:

Run in terminal:

sudo gedit /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-headphones.conf

Find:

[Element Headphone]

Set it as:

[Element Headphone]
required-any = any
switch = on
volume = zero
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right

Find:

[Element Desktop Speaker]

Set it to:

[Element Desktop Speaker]
switch = on
volume = zero

This works FOR ME BUT: keep in mind that when you plug in your headphones their volume will be the volume they were the last time and when you unplug them the speakers volume will be the volume it was before you plugged in the headphones.

I hope this can also help someone with the same problem as me and thank you very much bozbezbozzel! Without you I would not have made it. :)

Solution 3

I had the same issue. This worked for me.

Try this:

Go to: /etc/pulse/default.pa and comment out the following line with a # sign:

load-module module-switch-on-port-available

Solution 4

If you are running close to a vanilla install of Ubuntu 12.04LTS, try sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get update --fix-missing. Now I know those are very novice answers, but it may just work. My last suggestion is to go to this answer: When I plug in headphones, my speakers mute, but nothing comes from the headphones which is loosely related to the issue you are having. If this doesn't help, try going to the audio options in system settings and make sure you have the correct output selected.

Solution 5

1. Go to this page.
2. Under the "Source label", check which DKMS package that is corresponding to your current distribution series (in this case precise) and click the leftmost arrow to expand that section.
3. Under the new section "Package files", click the file ending with ".deb", download and install it by executing execute this command: sudo dpkg -i <file name>.
4. Reboot.

Further information.

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Comments

[Alex Spataru]

Hi, I just resolved my problem following the steps provided here: wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/UpgradingAlsa/DKMS

[Saeed Zarinfam]

I followed that link and my problem solve too, thank you.

[Mohammad Etemaddar]

Did you check Sound Troubleshooting Procedure?

[Jorge Castro]

It would help if you could add the model # of the laptop to your question!

[web.learner]

What audio card do you have? (alsamixer)

[GM-Script-Writer-62850]

what hardware? tried 3.10rc1 (does not work with nvidia/amd/ati drivers)

[Rodrigo Martins de Oliveira]

When you brought the bar back up you get the headphones working? And have you looked already at "System Settings..." > "Sound" and from there have you tried to switch between the Output devices available in the list?

[Sérgio Amorim Pinto]

I did, nothing seems to fix it. Actually, in the system setting > Sound i can't even fix the problem.

[22lk94k943 only]

your lappy speakers are working properly? Have you check for any problem in sound setting ?

[Peachy]

Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.

[user1228633]

Thanks for the quit answer and this does help a bit, but not as expected. I identified the PIN and enabled "out", but sound appears only for a second and goes silent again

[Scott Hunt]

try saving it look on the askubuntu.com/questions/225017/… link and it tells you how to save it do not revert it when done just click no

[user1228633]

Thank you for your help, it needed a reboot and some try and error, but now it works. The only thing, which isn't perfect now is, that settings->sound cannot switch between headphones/speakers. But this is okay, since I exported 2 scrips for enabling / disabling headphones / speakers :)

[uzi3k]

I now get no sound in my ubuntu 14.04!! This is the first time I have ever had problems with sound what is going on!!

[x__x]

Worked! Thanks. The link was just as helpful as your answer. :D