Thanks @Raymond!! So Earl, maybe we can try the suggestion from the bug there to get sound working: #Bootup normally, ensure sound works, then run these in the terminal and test the sound again: sudo rmmod snd_hda_intel sudo modprobe snd_hda_intel position_fix=1
If the above works, we can see about adding it to the startup scripts.. Otherwise, maybe we can test this: 'Found a solution for my problems with the front headphone port. By default CA0132 has the HP/Speaker and HP/Speaker Auto Detect muted. Unmuting them by going into alsamixer and pressing M on their controls unmutes them and sound works.' As they mention in the bug, Creative needs to know.. http://forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=699748&page=12 Also, supposedly creative provided some source code or something, so hopefully this will all get ironed out soon. Or we could try the below, using the same rmmod/modprobe to test: more /etc/modprobe.d/ca0132.conf options snd_hda_intel position_fix=4 And as they also mention in the bug - get one SteamOS Linux dev on this and Creative will awaken to helping.. Will get the word out! -- 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/1267675 Title: [13.10] Alienware M14xR2 (CA0132) - External headphone/headset/microphone do not work when plugged in Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The Alienware M14xR2 has 3 left-side audio jacks. A headphone jack, and headset jack, and a microphone jack. Audio will play through the internal speakers regardless of whether a device is plugged into any of these jacks, and sound will not play in the headphones regardless of which jack they're plugged into. External microphone does not work when plugged into either jack (microphone jack or headset jack). In sound settings, plugging headphones into the headphones jack does not register any change. When plugged into the headset jack, the "Play sound through" device will change from "Speakers" to "Headphones", but sound is not funneled to the headphones; the sound continues to play through the speakers. Also, in a semi-related note, unplugging the headphones seems to change the output device from "Speakers" to "Digital Output (S/PDIF)", which does not produce any sounds through internal speakers nor headphones/headset. Furthermore, if I run gnome-control-center from terminal to launch System Settings and click Sound, the following messages appear in the terminal: (gnome-control-center:4041): sound-cc-panel-WARNING **: active_output_update - couldn't find a stream from the supposed active output (gnome-control-center:4041): sound-cc-panel-WARNING **: active_input_update - couldn't find a stream from the supposed active input I'm trying to get a headset (headphones/microphone) to work well with Ubuntu to support Steam gaming on Linux and Linux gaming in general; having a functioning headset so I can communicate with others via Mumble would be of great help. Thanks for any insight on how to get this working. Have also tried the alsa-daily ppa (dkms) with no luck. lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu 13.10 Release: 13.10 apt-cache policy alsa-base alsa-base: Installed: 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: earl 1937 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: earl 1937 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: earl 1937 F...m pulseaudio Date: Thu Jan 9 20:31:27 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-16 (54 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH successful Symptom_Card: GK107 HDMI Audio Controller - HDA NVidia Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful Symptom_Type: Only some of outputs are working Title: [HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH, playback] Playback problem UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/29/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: A09 dmi.board.name: M14xR2 dmi.board.vendor: Alienware dmi.board.version: A09 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware dmi.chassis.version: A09 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA09:bd06/29/2012:svnAlienware:pnM14xR2:pvrA09:rvnAlienware:rnM14xR2:rvrA09:cvnAlienware:ct8:cvrA09: dmi.product.name: M14xR2 dmi.product.version: A09 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1267675/+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
