Speaker muting in Vostro 1015 to work with kernel 2.6.33

published Dec 23, 2009 10:25   by admin ( last modified Dec 23, 2009 10:25 )

Update 2010-10-25

Ubuntu 10.10 has a kernel that does speaker muting when the headphone plug is inserted. Tested repeatedly be me :-)

According to a discussion at Ubuntu Launchpad, the annoyance that the speakers aren't muted in Dell Vostro when you insert headphones should be gone come kernel 2.6.33. In the discussion there is also a patch for kernel 2.6.31.14 if you need something right now. It seems other laptops are also affected by this that use the same sound chip, the Conexant 5067.

Update 2010-01-07

It seems like Ubuntu 10.4 will be based on 2.6.32. So it would be a long wait unless somebody backports the patches for the sound. Or maybe we will just need to build our own kernels? 2.6.33rc3 is out now at kernel.org, and here is a description (that I have not tried) on how to build a kernel on Ubuntu.

Now if someone could just get the Option 505 3G modem to work on Ubuntu 9.10, I'd be a happy camper.

No, it'll be in 2.6.33. On Dec 4, 2009 5:56 AM, "foomor" wrote: Has this fix been added to kernel-2.6.32? I am arch linux user, i'd like to know which package should i wait to be updated. Thanks.



Read more: Bug #477154 in alsa-driver (Ubuntu): “When headphones are plugged in, the speaker does not get muted automatically.”