Turns out that this is a "feature" whereby having something plugged into the line-out jack of the rear panel caused the front headphone jack to operate as line-out as well. Removing the plug from the line-out restored the headphone jack to proper levels.
** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => studiogrynn (john-grynn) ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1086588 Title: [p7-1297cb, IDT 92HD73E1X5, All Speakers, Front and Rear] volume very low To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1086588/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs