Bug#775319: Re[8]: Bug#775319: pulseaudio: unable to use headphones or other line out ports for audio. only speakers

[Felipe Sateler]

Control: reassign -1 linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64

On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 7:07 PM, lachlan-00 <me at lachlandewaard.org> wrote:
>
> > Hmm. Maybe this is a problem with your card or the kernel. Please try
> > the following command:
>
> > pasuspender --  speaker-test -D $cardname -c 2
>
>
> user at lachp:~$ pasuspender --  speaker-test -D front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 -c 2
> user at 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?

That suggests the kernel or the card itself. If alsa cannot play, then
pulseaudio is not the culprit. I am reassigning to the kernel, lets
see if the kernel maintainers can think of something else. I suggest
attaching the alsa-info.sh output[1], as it is usually helpful.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/AlsaInfo

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler