Student Penguin
Re: Sound not only in the headphones
hai
I am also facing the same problem. Since I am new to linux and playing with the driver is dangerous, I really need your guidance here.I am also facing the same problem. Since I am new to linux and playing with the driver is dangerous, I really need your guidance here.
The url of alsa is http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=66...69e0bd46d4f87c
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Re: Sound not only in the headphones
What problem do you have?Originally Posted by rahulcvv
Student Penguin
Re: Sound not only in the headphones
I am using Lenovo G570 laptop. I have sound from the speakers and in headphones when headphones are connected. It happens only in suse not in windows 7.
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Re: Sound not only in the headphones
Can you indicate what alsa and pulse rpms you have installed (plus content of one config file) ? ie what is output of :
Code:rpm -qa '*alsa*' rpm -qa '*pulse*' rpm -q libasound2 cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf
Student Penguin
Re: Sound not only in the headphones
rahul@linux-rahul:~> rpm -qa '*alsa*'
alsa-plugins-1.0.24-6.1.i586
alsa-oss-1.0.17-32.1.i586
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.24-6.1.i586
alsa-utils-1.0.24.2-3.1.i586
alsa-1.0.24.1-3.1.i586
rahul@linux-rahul:~> rpm -qa '*pulse*'
pulseaudio-module-jack-0.9.22-6.9.1.i586
pulseaudio-0.9.22-6.9.1.i586
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-0.9.22-6.9.1.i586
pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.22-6.9.1.i586
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.24-6.1.i586
pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.22-6.9.1.i586
libpulse0-0.9.22-6.9.1.i586
libpulse-browse0-0.9.22-6.9.1.i586
pulseaudio-utils-0.9.22-6.9.1.i586
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.22-6.9.1.i586
vlc-aout-pulse-1.1.9-1.6.i586
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.22-6.9.1.i586
libxine1-pulse-1.1.19-4.4.i586
pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.22-6.9.1.i586
rahul@linux-rahul:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf
options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
# u1Nb.045LEPDLYp5:Intel Corporation
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
rahul@linux-rahul:~>
Global Moderator
Re: Sound not only in the headphones
OK, thanks. Nothing obvious wrong there. I note from the diagnostic script that you are running the 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop kernel on your openSUSE-11.4 and your hardware audio codec on this Lenovo G570 is a Conexant ID 506e. Typically the hardware audio codec is decoded better, so that "506e" is a bit confusing. I see the SuSE-GmbH sound packager updated alsa on this codec: ALSA: HDA: Add a new Conexant codec 506e (20590) .
I also note your 2.6.37.1-1.2 kernel is not the latest. I recommend you update your kernel. There are updated sound modules that come with an updated kernel. Then test your sound If that kernel update does not help, then IMHO you either need to update alsa to a more cutting edge version (I can help with that) or write a bug report on openSUSE-11.4. IMHO you should likely write a bug report anyway, as this should 'just work' and it does not.
Note updating the kernel could break a proprietary graphic driver install (and also a proprietary wireless driver install) so be prepared to handle that eventuality if you are using proprietary drivers.
Student Penguin
Re: Sound not only in the headphones
Do i really need to update the kernel?
I never did that kind of operation before.
I found a post regarding kernel update:- http://www.suseblog.com/want-the-new...ade-tutorial/; shall I go for this; or is there any easier way to do this (using yast or something like that)?
Flux Capacitor Penguin
Re: Sound not only in the headphones
No, you can wait many months for a new distro release with a newer kernel. In the meantime you can use your desktop's mixer or alsamixer to mute the speakers when using headphones. This is what I did when my lenovo SL510 was fairly new (as an update of SL500) and had the same problem as you have with your G570 (update of G550?). After some time, my problem was solved with kernel upgrade, as it obviously takes time for linux kernels to "catch up" with manufacturers' new hardware.
As @oldcpu suggested, really fixing the problem requires either a bug report (this may already exist even from other distros) or install a newer kernel which can be done from other openSUSE repos (avoids compiling your own kernel). That may fix your problem, but may introduce other issues so it's best done on a test system (or another system partition if you have the disk space). If you update the kernel on your current system you should backup everything important to you.
Student Penguin
Re: Sound not only in the headphones
kmixer is the only sound mixer I can find in my system.
In that there is only one control for playback devices.
Flux Capacitor Penguin
Re: Sound not only in the headphones
Yes, ok. In that case you can switch between Headphones and Speakers with KMix > Settings > Audio Setup > Speaker Setup tab > Connector [dropdown list].kmixer is the only sound mixer I can find in my system.
In that there is only one control for playback devices.
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