Public bug reported: acer aspire 7730 laptop.
Using the preferences in the volume control, i finally managed to get the headphones working by turning off and on the 'surround' option. After this the main speakers continued to output. Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) lsmod: Module Size Used by af_packet 25728 4 i915 38528 2 drm 86056 3 i915 binfmt_misc 16904 1 rfcomm 44432 0 bridge 56980 0 stp 10628 1 bridge bnep 20480 2 sco 18308 2 l2cap 30464 6 rfcomm,bnep bluetooth 61924 6 rfcomm,bnep,sco,l2cap ppdev 15620 0 ipv6 263972 19 acpi_cpufreq 15500 1 cpufreq_conservative 14600 0 cpufreq_userspace 11396 0 cpufreq_stats 13188 0 cpufreq_powersave 9856 0 cpufreq_ondemand 14988 1 freq_table 12672 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand pci_slot 12680 0 container 11520 0 sbs 19464 0 sbshc 13440 1 sbs iptable_filter 10752 0 ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter x_tables 22916 1 ip_tables parport_pc 39204 0 lp 17156 0 parport 42604 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp joydev 18368 0 snd_hda_intel 384176 6 snd_pcm_oss 46848 0 snd_mixer_oss 22784 1 snd_pcm_oss arc4 9984 2 ecb 10880 2 crypto_blkcipher 25476 1 ecb snd_pcm 83204 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 10884 0 iwlagn 99716 0 iwlcore 94532 1 iwlagn snd_seq_oss 38528 0 rfkill 17176 2 iwlcore snd_seq_midi 14336 0 acer_wmi 19008 0 snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 15232 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi led_class 12164 2 iwlcore,acer_wmi mac80211 216820 2 iwlagn,iwlcore sdhci_pci 15360 0 serio_raw 13444 0 sdhci 23940 1 sdhci_pci snd_seq 57776 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 29960 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq mmc_core 58268 1 sdhci evdev 17696 11 snd_seq_device 15116 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq psmouse 45200 0 pcspkr 10624 0 uvcvideo 63624 0 cfg80211 32392 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211 snd 63268 20 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device compat_ioctl32 9344 1 uvcvideo videodev 41344 1 uvcvideo v4l1_compat 22404 2 uvcvideo,videodev soundcore 15328 1 snd shpchp 38036 0 pci_hotplug 34976 1 shpchp snd_page_alloc 16136 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm video 25232 0 output 11008 1 video wmi 14504 1 acer_wmi ac 12292 0 battery 18436 0 button 14224 0 intel_agp 33724 1 agpgart 42184 3 drm,intel_agp ext3 133256 1 jbd 55828 1 ext3 mbcache 16004 1 ext3 sr_mod 22212 1 cdrom 43168 1 sr_mod sd_mod 42392 3 crc_t10dif 9984 1 sd_mod sg 39732 0 ahci 37132 4 libata 178208 1 ahci scsi_mod 155212 4 sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata dock 16656 1 libata tg3 129924 0 libphy 27392 1 tg3 ehci_hcd 43788 0 uhci_hcd 30736 0 usbcore 149360 4 uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd thermal 23708 0 processor 42156 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal fan 12548 0 fbcon 47648 0 tileblit 10880 1 fbcon font 16512 1 fbcon bitblit 13824 1 fbcon softcursor 9984 1 bitblit fuse 60828 3 thanks. Hughie ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- headphones not cutting off main speakers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332542 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs