Bug 239221 - Audio playback only via headphone socket
Summary: Audio playback only via headphone socket
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Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: alsa-lib
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Martin Stransky
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-05-06 11:16 UTC by Duncan Innes
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-05-16 08:57:59 UTC
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Soundcard log (46.40 KB, text/plain)
2007-05-09 11:52 UTC, Duncan Innes
no flags Details

Description Duncan Innes 2007-05-06 11:16:52 UTC
Description of problem: Audio playback is only via headphone socket.  Very
occasionally the internal speakers will work, but audio always available via the
headphone socket.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: Sound is always available via headphones and I've only managed
to get sound from the internal speakers once or twice.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Play video via xine
2. 
3.
  
Actual results: Audio available via headphones, but not normally via internal
speakers


Expected results: Sound should come from internal speakers when headphones not
plugged in


Additional info: Thinkpad T40 with clean install of Fedora 7 test 3.  Then
upgraded to test 4 via yum.  I initially suspected that I had managed to leave
the internal speakers disconnected by mistake when I had taken the laptop apart,
but somehow got audio playback from the speakers a few days ago.  Since then
I've been trying to track down what might have changed.  The audio was perfectly
smooth, so not indicative of a faulty connection.  When the audio did work, I
was playing a WMV file via xine and not expecting audio playback.  The audio did
work perfectly on this occasion however.  I then tried other audio playback
methods (Rhythmbox, Mplayer etc) but audio only via headphones with these.  Once
I'd tried the other methods, the audio playback of the file stopped working
under xine.  This is what prompted me to think it might be a software issue.

I'm trying to track down what might be going on, but require help in excluding
various issues as I'm not well versed in the way audio works under Linux.

I have submitted hardware information via the firstboot and am trying to locate
my specific entry.

I'll attach anything extra I find as soon as I find it.

If this is worth tracking down, please let me know.  The reverse is also true -
I don't want to waste effort on a wild goose chase that doesn't matter.

Comment 1 Duncan Innes 2007-05-06 12:03:10 UTC
Smolt UUID is: 1f038671-5f58-4601-ab0d-ad085f18c43a

Comment 2 Martin Stransky 2007-05-09 11:46:41 UTC
Please run system-config-soundcard, create a log (/root/scsconfig.log) on the
"System" page and attach it here.

Comment 3 Duncan Innes 2007-05-09 11:52:59 UTC
Created attachment 154388 [details]
Soundcard log

Comment 4 Martin Stransky 2007-05-09 12:34:56 UTC
Hm, I have no ide where could be the problem. Log looks sane and I don't see any
problem there.

Comment 5 Martin Stransky 2007-05-09 12:35:55 UTC
I think you should report it to ALSA project (www.alsa-project.org), they're
authors of linux sound system.

Comment 6 Duncan Innes 2007-05-09 13:37:34 UTC
No problem.  Like I said - it wasn't something I planned to report initially due
to my having tinkered around inside a while ago.  Can't really remember if
on-board speakers worked after that or not - it's not a priority of mine.

Was just surprised to hear sound out of them last week.

I'll report to the ALSA mob.

Thanks

D

Comment 7 Martin Stransky 2007-05-16 08:57:59 UTC
okay, closing as can't fix.


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