Comments on: Headphones Jacks Now Fully Work on Dell Studio 17 Running Ubuntu

By: gaarai

gaarai — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:47:28 +0000

Sorry for the delay Don. I’m running 64-bit.

I have a hard time deciding whether I was right to go this route or not. I believe strongly that all apps will have good support for 64-bit systems soon, but that time isn’t here yet. So, I struggle with Adobe Flash issues and misc other apps due to poor, incomplete, or a complete lack of 64-bit support.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:15:33 +0000

Chris

Thank you for the helpful posts on running Ubuntu on a Dell Studio 17 laptop. Just to be clear. Are you running the 32 bit or the 64 bit version?

Thanks

By: gaarai

gaarai — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:48:45 +0000

Since I don’t have access to that same machine and that most of my experience is simply based on personal experience with my hardware, I’m not sure if I can help you. However, I’m sending you an email on how you can send me the specific details of your system. Maybe with that information I can find a solution.

By: Mandar

Mandar — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:02:37 +0000

Hey hi,
I got dell studio 14 laptop few days back. I have following problem with my audio jack in ubuntu 8.10.
When I plugin the jack ( anyone center or front) i get to hear the sound from laptop speakers. If i mute the “front” from volume control bar then all the sound will be muted.
And master is also muting all the sound.

I tried putting “options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6″ in alsa-base ..but it didn’t work…
So do you have some solution for the same?
Thanks in advance.

By: gaarai

gaarai — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:30:46 +0000

That’s awesome Ted! Thanks for sharing your find.

I’ll check it out and see if I can get any confirmation about whether or not this works for others.

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:45:10 +0000

Hey, I fixed this, and just thought I’d post what worked for me. Did a sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, and added the following line to the file:

options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6

Saved, rebooted, and now I have sound through headphones only when they are plugged into either center or front jack, and sound through laptop speakers when headhphones are unplugged.

Credit where credit is due: http://www.linlap.com/wiki/dell+studio+17

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:03:12 +0000

Sorry, yes the CENTER jack. You are correct. So, mine works like this:
Headphones plugged in center jack: Sound from both laptop speakers and headphones.
Headphones plugged in front jack: No sound from either laptop speakers or headphones.

As an aside, I noticed that I have no option on the switches tab for headphones in the volume control panel.

By: gaarai

gaarai — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:01:54 +0000

Actually, yes, my problem did mysteriously go away. I hadn’t checked since last week, and it seems to be working fine now. I’ll update my post.

By rear jack, do you mean the front jack? The rear jack is the mic jack. The headphone jacks are the front and center jacks. Please confirm which jacks you are talking about and how they each perform.

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:26:11 +0000

Hey Chris, I run the same config as you, so I was hoping to get some help here. I have kernel 2.6.27.11-generic installed, but my headphone jacks have never worked properly (rear jack plays, but sound also comes out of laptop speakers, front jack mutes sound for both headphones and laptop speakers). Are you still having the issues you blogged about on the 19th, or did they resolve?

Thanks!

By: gaarai

gaarai — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:38:17 +0000

You're welcome Ritesh. I'm glad that the solution worked for you. If you ever have any questions, feel free to stop by and ask me. Just drop me a line on the Contact page.