Bug 521526 - MacBook Aluminum Install: Sound does not work out of the box
Summary: MacBook Aluminum Install: Sound does not work out of the box
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 11
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-09-06 18:43 UTC by W. Michael Petullo
Modified: 2010-06-28 14:30 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-06-28 14:30:27 UTC
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Description W. Michael Petullo 2009-09-06 18:43:57 UTC
Description of problem:
I installed Fedora 11 on a Apple MacBook Aluminum. I found that audio did not work immediately after install.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.x86_64

How reproducible:
Ever time

Steps to Reproduce:
Install Fedora 11 (no PulseAudio, just ALSA) on a MacBook Aluminum

  
Actual results:
Audio output does not work.

Expected results:
Audio should work out of the box.

Additional info:
Adding the following to /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf fixes audio:

options snd_hda_intel model=mbp3

after rebooting.

Of note, alsamixer does try to manipulate the device before implementing the above fix. However, changing the audio levels does not work. Also, alsamixer displays several more audio properties after the above options are provided to the driver. For example, without the above options, the 2/6 channel toggle is not displayed within alsamixer. After adding the above options, alsamixer displays the 2/6 channel toggle.

Comment 1 W. Michael Petullo 2009-12-28 18:40:54 UTC
Of note, sound worked immediately after installing Fedora 12.

Comment 2 W. Michael Petullo 2010-03-06 02:21:57 UTC
With regard to comment #1 and Fedora 12, I eventually found that my headphone jack did not provide audio. When I plug in headphones, sound continues to play from the laptop's speakers and not from the headphones. See Bug #570974.

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2010-04-28 10:12:15 UTC
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Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2010-06-28 14:30:27 UTC
Fedora 11 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-06-25. Fedora 11 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
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