Re: Plugging in headphones doesn't mute speakers, internal microphone does not work

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:38:10 -0200,
Emilio López wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> This is my first mail to the list, I hope you can help me. I have been
> talking with people on #alsa, but they couldn't help me, so that's why
> I'm writing to you.
> 
> Well, as lspci says, my Acer Aspire 6930 laptop has an "Intel
> Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)". With
> this card, and without adding any mode=... to
> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, playback works perfectly, but when I plug
> in headphones, the integrated speakers do not mute. I can mute the
> speakers muting "front" and "side" and use the headphones, but it
> should be automatic.
> 
> Setting mode=auto makes the headphones, when plugged, mute the
> speakers. But the problem with this is, that when using the speakers,
> I only get sound from the speaker that was "front" in the other mode.
> The microphone does not work in this mode either.
> 
> I also tried other modes, including (but not limited to) acer,
> acer-aspire. I ran alsa-info.sh, here is the URL:
> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=7910da439e8e190a8c2a6f18167d4879c74881c9
> 
> And before I forget, regarding the microphone, if I plug an external
> one on the microphone plug, I can record. And I tried the internal one
> on windows, and it works, so I believe it's an alsa problem.
> 
> Looking forward to hearing from you!

Could you check the very latest sound git tree or alsa-driver snapshot
below, first without model option?
  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/alsa-driver-snapshot.tar.gz


thanks,

Takashi