Hmm. Maybe this is a problem with your card or the kernel. Please try the following command:
pasuspender -- speaker-test -D $cardname -c 2 user@lachp:~$ pasuspender -- speaker-test -D front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 -c 2 user@lachp:~$ pasuspender -- speaker-test -D front:CARD=PCH -c 2 Produce audio through the speakers. Nothing through speakers/headphones. That program should alternate noise between the right and left channels. You can try it without heaphones to check that it works on the laptop speakers, and then retry it with the headphones plugged in. If this doesn't make a sound then it is either a problem with your kernel, the card, or the headphones. I can verify the speakers/headphones on other devices. I have also installed debian on another laptop from the same iso (we have 105 of this device) with the same results. That leaves the kernel and points that it's not pulseaudio's fault?
