No sound from headphone jack (Asus EEE)

adamhimself · #1 14th September 2010, 10:24 PM

Hey guys,

I have a small problem with getting sound to come through my headphone jack with Fedora 13. I switched to Fedora 13 from uBuntu and I had the same problem on uBuntu. I fixed the problem, but I don't remember exactly how.. I think it was something to do with editing the alsa audio conf file, but the file is named differently in Fedora. The sound works fine from the internal speakers, but when I plug in the headphones I get nothing.

Anyways, I'm on an Asus EEE 1005HA using Fedora 13 32bit.

Thanks in advance...

Adam.

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Alright, I followed slipseed2k's guide to fix PulseAudio as best as I could (gst-mixer is no longer available through yum) and still the same problem.

I am getting sound through my computer's speakers, but nothing through the headphone jack...

I really like Fedora and would like to stick with it... don't make me go back to uBuntu

My soundcard is Realtek ALC265

and once again im running Fedora 32bit on a Asus EEE 1005HA

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Still working on it... nothing. Tried editing alsa-base.conf in modprobe.d but there is no such thing, only dist-alsa.conf and I added the line "options snd-hda-intel model=auto" in there and it didn't work either.

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So I hit a brick wall, but I did remember what my work around was for uBuntu...
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/Instal...aDriverModules

You have to set a repository at ubuntu... is it possible to do it in Fedora and would it even work?

or is there a Linux Alsa Driver Modules for Fedora?

oxala · #2 14th September 2010, 11:48 PM

Hello,

I have a similar problem on my EEEEEPC, it won't automagically switch when I plug in the headphones .... I just manually change the output from the speaker to the headphone jack, but I have been meaning to try this out:

http://www.fedora-netbook.com/

If it works for you, please reply here!

Take care,

oxala

adamhimself · #3 15th September 2010, 10:19 AM

I'll give it a look. I never had any luck. The uBuntu update with alsa driver modules fixes it... I got so frustrated I considered porting the modules to fedora, or creating my own fix.

There is no headphone option.

I really dig Fedora, its a shame, but I hate to say it... headphone sound is a big deal for me...

Rasheeke · #4 21st November 2010, 12:27 AM

I'm also having issues of no sound in Fedora 14 out of my headphone jacks. It works fine out of the back ports but not the front.

Both of which worked fine together on Ubuntu 10.04

ozjd · #5 21st November 2010, 12:42 AM

Run alsamixer -c0 and check that the correct output is selected. You will probably find that the headphone is muted or set to low volume. Reset that and it should be ok.

Rasheeke · #6 21st November 2010, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozjd

Run alsamixer -c0 and check that the correct output is selected. You will probably find that the headphone is muted or set to low volume. Reset that and it should be ok.

I've already done that and saved the settings for the initial low volume settings of Fedora, all levels are turned up, even headphones. I still have no sound coming out of the headphone jack.

I'm trying to get both headphone jack and back panel jacks working simultaneously, as I had working for in Ubuntu, since their for two different rooms and I'd like the sound in both.

EDIT: If it wasn't clear, I'm not on an Asus EEE. It seems this issue is mostly specific to the OS since I had it working fine in other OSs (except WIndows 7 which never liked that headphone port anyways but that didn't stop Ubuntu from using it this morning before I installed Fedora 14)

ozjd · #7 21st November 2010, 01:09 AM

Also have a look at Pulseaudio Volume Control and check the output isn't set to speakers and the correct audio device is selected. Install pavucontrol if you don't have it.

There have been some threads on specific audio cards that might be worth checking if that doesn't work. Do a search for your card.

Rasheeke · #8 21st November 2010, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozjd

Also have a look at Pulseaudio Volume Control and check the output isn't set to speakers and the correct audio device is selected. Install pavucontrol if you don't have it.

There have been some threads on specific audio cards that might be worth checking if that doesn't work. Do a search for your card.

Yeah all that did was show the same thing that going to System>Preferences>Sound would show me but just in a slightly different ordering of the tabs.

This is not cool. And I can't find any thread about audio cards that are helpful at all either.

EDIT: Here's the output for /usr/bin/alsa-info http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=12...933d4fe28529d2

LittleOne · #9 21st November 2010, 01:22 AM

"No sound from headphone jack"...

________

Umm..? That's not the end you listens to...

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Are your tunes in mp3 format..?

Rasheeke · #10 21st November 2010, 01:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LittleOne

"No sound from headphone jack"...

________

Umm..? That's not the end you listens to...

________

Are your tunes in mp3 format..?

Who is this in reference to? Me or OP? Yes my tracks are in mp3 format.

LittleOne · #11 21st November 2010, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rasheeke

Who is this in reference to? Me or OP? Yes my tracks are in mp3 format.

Was in reference to which ever one has the best humour...

MP3 doesn't work in Fedora unless you install a couple weird softwares... "Grip", "Lame", and something else... I'd add "sound juicer and "sound convertor"...

Rasheeke · #12 21st November 2010, 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LittleOne

Was in reference to which ever one has the best humour...

MP3 doesn't work in Fedora unless you install a couple weird softwares... "Grip", "Lame", and something else... I'd add "sound juicer and "sound convertor"...

I had the mp3's all working fine after I added nonfree and free RPMforge repositories then i installed gstreamer-plugins-ugly and gstreamer-plugins-bad.

LittleOne · #13 21st November 2010, 04:59 AM

So you visited fluendo, for gstreamer 0.01..?

Seems you got all the stuff, and still no works..?

Well there's always radio...

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Run a properties check on those tunes...

Do you not get audio when you play a wav or flac tune..? or a regular music CD..?

Is there an audio source setting in Fedora..?

Have you tested that headphone on another device..?
Have you tried different headphones..?

When you check the OS with Yumex, are those audio programs actually installed..?

Rasheeke · #14 21st November 2010, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LittleOne

So you visited fluendo, for gstreamer 0.01..?

Seems you got all the stuff, and still no works..?

Well there's always radio...

_______________

Run a properties check on those tunes...

Do you not get audio when you play a wav or flac tune..? or a regular music CD..?

Is there an audio source setting in Fedora..?

Have you tested that headphone on another device..?
Have you tried different headphones..?

When you check the OS with Yumex, are those audio programs actually installed..?

Yes I get audio for files other than mp3.

Yes I've checked the source settings and unmuted turned the volume up on everything.

I've tried the headphones on other devices (and the back of the computer) and they work fine.

There's one correlation I noticed. When I had Ubuntu 9.10 I had this issue and so whenever I wanted music in the other room I had to give up trying and just plug in those speakers to the back of the computer and unplug the speakers I have in the computer room. This was not acceptable functioning. HOWEVER the keyboard volume controls worked perfectly. When Ubuntu 10.04 came out I was able to use the headphone and back panel sound jacks simultaneously BUT the keybaord volume controls only worked for the headphone jack whereas they only started to work for the back panel jack then I turned the volume all the way down or muted it.

So Fedora 14's sound is like Ubuntu 9.10's - I can't use the headphone jack but I get volume control form the keyboard. Ubuntu 10.04 you can have both jacks working at the same time but volume control only for the headphone jack.

So it's like the back panel is considered the headphone jack, and that's it, nothing else to get the sound out.

LittleOne · #15 21st November 2010, 05:47 PM

Doesn't that problem just make you want to rush over to Fedora head office, and errrRip the "F'" right off their name..?

Did you install "sound converter".. and did you go into SC's prefs, and click to install mp3, and follow all the instructions that splash in your face..?