Hello, I have not been following this story closely but on the off chance this idea has not been advanced already and that the esteemed members of this list can tolerate my top post...
I wonder if you have tried booting from a live image of another distribution, for example Ubuntu? This costs little time and there is no need to install - just run from the memory stick. On Tue, Nov 10, 2026, 13:34 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Srajan, > > Srajan Dehariya wrote on 4th of November 2026 > > > I do not have much knowledge about alsa or pulseaudio, however I > > also had this issue that my headphones (connected via audio jack in > > my laptop) were not being detected and thus not working. After > > numerous tries testing different tools and all, when I changed my > > HD-Audio driver it started working perfectly. The specific module > > config that I fixed the issue for my system was this: > > > # /etc/modprobe.d/audio-jack.conf > > options snd_hda_intel model=dell-headset-multi power_save=0 > > power_save_controller=N > > > You can also try some other models depending on your system from > > this hardware model list: > > > > https://docs.kernel.org/sound/hd-audio/models.html > > > Unfortunately, I do not exactly remember from where I got this idea > > to try this. > > thank You for your report. I think it pointed in the right > direction. Regrettably, the list on > > https://docs.kernel.org/sound/hd-audio/models.html > > does not provide much information what setting model could be the > right one for my soundcard. I tried several ones but found no improvement. > > (But maybe this finding is not valid because possibly snd_hda_intel > and all other modules that deal with sound need to be removed from the > kernel before module snd_hda_intel is loaded again with another > setting for option for model. > > In a newer documentation, I found that model can be specified with the > identification codes for vendor and product. They appear in the output of > > lspci-nnk | grep -A3 -i audio > > 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series > Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev > 05) > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8410] > Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel > Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel > > Therefore, I introduced this line in my modprobe configuration > > options snd_hda_intel model=8086:1c20 > > To my disappointment, this changed nothing as well. > > > Fields for further investigations could be > > - the tools in the Package alsa-ucm-conf. But this package has been > automatically installed with alsa and apparenty did not avoid the > problem with my soundcard. Maybe the soundcard is too old. > > - the hdajackretask in package alsa-tools-gui. > > Best regards > Markus > > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user >
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