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madalin.andrei · 06-13-2015, 03:18 PM

So I think this is the fifth time i reinstalled LL 2.4 trying to solve my issue.

I have an Intel HDA ALC268 sound card on a Toshiba Satellite p200. On any Ubuntu/Debian based distro (LL included) I installed, the headphones won't work, while the speakers work just fine. I searched forums, documentation, installed the realtek linux driver, tried all that alsamixer - pulseaudio advice, on this last LL 2.4 fresh install I even installed the 3.15 kernel from here https://mityer.khdlhfjijfrupr.tk/forums/insta...te-kernel/ .

Nothing, headphones don't work. I'm out of options. I was planning on making LL 2.4 my base OS, instead of Windows, but because of this issue I've delayed that.

rokytnji · (This post was last modified: 06-13-2015, 07:18 PM by rokytnji.)

What in terminal does

Code:
cat  /var/lib/alsa/asound.state

show? Just poking and hoping here. If a headphone readout shows in the text file. See if it says false anywhere on headphone. Might need too change to true.

madalin.andrei · 06-13-2015, 07:47 PM

Thanks for your response. So I looked at the feedback from the command you posted and found this:

Code:
control.23 {

      iface CARD

      name 'Mic Jack'

      value false

      comment {

         access read

         type BOOLEAN

         count 1

      }

   }

   control.24 {

      iface CARD

      name 'Line Jack'

      value false

      comment {

         access read

         type BOOLEAN

         count 1

      }

   }

   control.25 {

      iface CARD

      name 'Front Headphone Jack'

      value false

      comment {

         access read

         type BOOLEAN

         count 1

      }

   }

Haven't tested the microphone jack, but apparently it doesn't work also.

rokytnji · 06-13-2015, 09:08 PM

Make a backup 1st of asound.state

Code:
sudo cp /var/lib/alsa/asound.state /var/lib/alsa/asound.state.old

then cd into /var/lib/alsa like so, and make sure your backup was made a listed

Code:
cd  /var/lib/alsa

Hit enter/return key

then

Code:
ls

to list what is in alsa folder. Your asound.state.old should now be listed if you follwed my steps right.

Then while staying in terminal (while inside of folder /var/lib/alsa) .

Code:
sudo leafpad  asound.state

Edit any false entries to true. See if it fixes anything. Reboot may be necessary after this edit. You will be unmuting ports and cards and jacks
with what I am showing you. You have the original as a backup in case you screw
up. You can always use it to copy and paste the original text back into
your edited asound.state to start over in case you scew up for any reason.

Good Luck. Happy Trailz, Rok