headphone use keeps laptop speakers muted after headphones unplugged

JasonMehmel · 2023-07-23 02:43:01

Strange audio trouble on an older laptop...

I just installed a fresh BunsenLabs on an old eeePC Asus 1001PXD. Things were going okay, the system could be a bit sluggish with a browser running but otherwise okay.

But I did notice that I wasn't getting any sound.

I played with pavucontrol and alsamixer, but wasn't getting any joy.

After a bunch of googling, I did come across a possible fix:

Try using
options snd-hda-intel model=auto probe_mask=1 
in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf, and then reboot. Any different?
from here:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/question … 175673286/

I also tried turning up the 'headphones' in alsamixer while they were unplugged and then the speakers started working!

Continuing to test, I'm noticing that when I plug headphones in, the sound works fine on the headphones. (And mutes the laptop speakers.) When I unplug the headphones, the laptop speakers stay muted.

I'm not certain if my attempt with the alsa-base.conf did anything, or if the alsamixer fix was always going to work.

In terms of next steps:

Is there any way to stop the behaviour of the laptop speakers staying muted when the headphone jack is removed?

Last edited by JasonMehmel (2023-07-26 16:45:16)

Robi · 2024-04-06 21:41:21

pulsemixer

and selecting output with F3 helped me
(on a different laptop)

altman · 2024-04-06 23:06:11

Good tip @robi

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headphone use keeps laptop speakers muted after headphones unplugged

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