Laptop headphone jack not working in squeeze

[CaptainRainbowbeard]

I have a Fujitsu Siemans Amilo A1630 installed with squeeze and am having problems making the headphone jack work with ALSA, there is no sound from this port and jack auto-detect does not work. All drivers are present and correct and necessary modules for my sound device appear to be loading properly, the device seems fully functional except for headphones.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated...

[reed9]

Please post the output of

head -n 1 /proc/asound/card0/codec*

You should get output that looks like

Codec: SigmaTel STAC9205

Search here for options for your codec.

For example, mine reads

325	STAC9205/9254
326	=============
327	  ref		Reference board
328	  dell-m42	Dell (unknown)
329	  dell-m43	Dell Precision
330	  dell-m44	Dell Inspiron
331	  eapd		Keep EAPD on (e.g. Gateway T1616)
332	  auto		BIOS setup (default)

Test various module options and see if one works. For example, remove the sound module and reload with the option

sudo modprobe -r  snd-hda-intel
sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel model=dell-m42

And so on through the list.

Other possible options can be gleaned from modinfo

reed@reed-laptop ~ % modinfo snd-hda-intel
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.37-ARCH/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko.gz
description:    Intel HDA driver
license:        GPL
depends:        snd-hda-codec,snd-pcm,snd,snd-page-alloc
vermagic:       2.6.37-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload
parm:           index:Index value for Intel HD audio interface. (array of int)
parm:           id:ID string for Intel HD audio interface. (array of charp)
parm:           enable:Enable Intel HD audio interface. (array of bool)
parm:           model:Use the given board model. (array of charp)
parm:           position_fix:DMA pointer read method.(0 = auto, 1 = LPIB, 2 = POSBUF, 3 = VIACOMBO). (array of int)
parm:           bdl_pos_adj:BDL position adjustment offset. (array of int)
parm:           probe_mask:Bitmask to probe codecs (default = -1). (array of int)
parm:           probe_only:Only probing and no codec initialization. (array of int)
parm:           single_cmd:Use single command to communicate with codecs (for debugging only). (bool)
parm:           enable_msi:Enable Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) (int)
parm:           patch:Patch file for Intel HD audio interface. (array of charp)
parm:           beep_mode:Select HDA Beep registration mode (0=off, 1=on, 2=mute switch on/off) (default=1). (array of int)
parm:           power_save:Automatic power-saving timeout (in second, 0 = disable). (int)
parm:           power_save_controller:Reset controller in power save mode. (bool)

(All the things starting parm)

In my case, to get the headphone jack on my laptop to work, I use

sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel model=eapd probe_mask=1 position_fix=1

To make those options load at boot, add a line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf reading

options snd-hda-intel <options>

For example, you could add as so (or with any text editor)

echo "options snd-hda-intel model=eapd probe_mask=1 position_fix=1" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf

[CaptainRainbowbeard]

Thanks for your response.

This is the output I get with...

anon@sasha:~$ head -n 1 /proc/asound/card0/codec97#0/ac97#0-0
0-0/0: Realtek ALC655 rev 0

I assume this what you asked me to post?

...was unable to find otions for this codec as you suggested, any ideas?

Also...

anon@sasha:~$ sudo modinfo snd-hda-intel
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko
description:    Intel HDA driver
license:        GPL
depends:        snd-pcm,snd,snd-page-alloc,snd-hda-codec
vermagic:       2.6.32-5-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions 
parm:           index:Index value for Intel HD audio interface. (array of int)
parm:           id:ID string for Intel HD audio interface. (array of charp)
parm:           enable:Enable Intel HD audio interface. (array of bool)
parm:           model:Use the given board model. (array of charp)
parm:           position_fix:Fix DMA pointer (0 = auto, 1 = none, 2 = POSBUF). (array of int)
parm:           bdl_pos_adj:BDL position adjustment offset. (array of int)
parm:           probe_mask:Bitmask to probe codecs (default = -1). (array of int)
parm:           probe_only:Only probing and no codec initialization. (array of bool)
parm:           single_cmd:Use single command to communicate with codecs (for debugging only). (bool)
parm:           enable_msi:Enable Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) (int)
parm:           patch:Patch file for Intel HD audio interface. (array of charp)
parm:           power_save:Automatic power-saving timeout (in second, 0 = disable). (int)
parm:           power_save_controller:Reset controller in power save mode. (bool)
anon@sasha:~$ ~

...I am unsure of how to make good use of this information, my experience with this sort of thing is reasonably limited.

[reed9]

Can you post the output of

lsmod | grep snd

[CaptainRainbowbeard]

anon@sasha:~$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_intel          20035  0 
snd_hda_codec          54244  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               5380  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_intel8x0           24218  1 
snd_intel8x0m          10024  1 
snd_ac97_codec         99186  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m
ac97_bus                1086  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                60503  5 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq                42881  0 
snd_timer              15582  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          4493  1 snd_seq
snd                    46446  14 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               4598  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          6249  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm