post the output of alsa-info.sh when the speaker fail you can use hda-Jack-sense-test to verify whether the node of the two headphone are 0x0a and 0x0f
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c?id=55e30141d8be9f21f35e5c4999f7043e07347511 -static const unsigned int dell_m6_pin_configs[13] = { - 0x0321101f, 0x4f00000f, 0x4f0000f0, 0x90170110, - 0x03a11020, 0x0321101f, 0x4f0000f0, 0x4f0000f0, - 0x4f0000f0, 0x90a60160, 0x4f0000f0, 0x4f0000f0, - 0x4f0000f0, +static const struct hda_pintbl dell_m6_pin_configs[] = { + { 0x0a, 0x0321101f }, + { 0x0b, 0x4f00000f }, + { 0x0c, 0x4f0000f0 }, + { 0x0d, 0x90170110 }, + { 0x0e, 0x03a11020 }, + { 0x0f, 0x0321101f }, + { 0x10, 0x4f0000f0 }, + { 0x11, 0x4f0000f0 }, + { 0x12, 0x4f0000f0 }, + { 0x13, 0x90a60160 }, + { 0x14, 0x4f0000f0 }, + { 0x22, 0x4f0000f0 }, + { 0x23, 0x4f0000f0 }, + {} }; post the pulseaudio verbose log when you plug and unplug those headphones https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1238144 Title: Dell 1535 no sound from speakers, headphone out is ok Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: System: Dell studi 1535 with 12.04.03 i686 There is 3 jacks at left panel: mic, headphone, headphone. Also system has buildin speackers. They doesnt work. 1) I've tried with alsamixer and pavucontrol - no luck. 2) Tried with different modprobe options like options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6 / auto . No luck Any idea how to fix it one and forewer ? System information #uname -a Linux necron 3.8.0-31-generic #46~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 11 17:49:16 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS # lspci | grep Audio 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) 01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV620 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 3400 Series] alsactl version 1.0.25 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1238144/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

