You have been subscribed to a public bug: On Asus N551JM there is no sound from external subwoofer on fresh Kubuntu 14.10 installation. There is no "Bass speaker" in alsamixer. Adding "options snd-hda-intel model=asus-mode4" to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa- base.conf makes "Bass speaker" appears in alsamixer but I was unable to make it play any sound. On Win8 works out-of-box.
Alsa-base version: 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4. Howto fix: redirect pin 0x1a to "Internal speaker (back)" using HDAJackRetask on codec Realtek ALC668. Contents of /lib/firmware/hda- jack-retask.fw: [codec] 0x10ec0668 0x1043177d 0 [pincfg] 0x12 0x90a60130 0x14 0x90170110 0x15 0x04211020 0x16 0x40000000 0x18 0x411111f0 0x19 0x411111f0 0x1a 0x90170152 0x1b 0x411111f0 0x1d 0x40c6832d 0x1e 0x411111f0 0x1f 0x411111f0 ** Affects: alsa-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Jan Palak (jpalak) Status: Fix Released -- No sound from subwoofer on Asus N551JM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1405691 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to alsa-tools in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : ubuntustudio-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp