Another possible source of info at the end of this email On Thu, Nov 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM chris hermansen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good afternoon, > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2026 at 10:06 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Ralf and Chris >> and the hopefully many lucky and happy ALSA users, >> >> Ralf Mardorf schrieb am 12. November 2026 >> >> > On Thu, 2026-11-12 at 09:13 +0100, [email protected] wrote: >> > > > 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. >> > > >> > > you are right that, it is not effort. But I do not expect that there >> > > are differences between the alsa packages (in debian format), whether >> > > they are in a live system, for installation, from Debian, Mint, Ubuntu >> > > or some other distribution. >> >> > it's possible that an Ubuntu or Xubuntu live media automatically >> > configures the correct headphone driver foo. >> > > I agree with Ralf, and given that this test is easy to do, it's worth > trying. > >> >> > Although this mailing list is for ALSA in general, I could imagine that >> > it's mostly used by people who don't tend to use onboard devices, I >> > could be wrong about that. However, I'm certain that I've read about the >> > headphone problem time and again on distro's user lists, and there it >> > was often solved via an ALSA configuration. >> >> > Since you've already gone through so many steps, I wouldn't have done >> > that, you might want to try these last two steps. Try out a live media >> > (my recommendation would be Ubuntu or Xubuntu) >> >> I found an Xubuntu 20.04 Live-DVD here. The mixer displays that the >> mp3-file is played, but the loudspeaker and the headphone deliver just >> noise. >> > > There is no good reason to try a six year old and off support version of > Ubuntu; I strongly suggest instead that you try an Ubuntu 26.04 live image, > which is the latest long-term support version and only 7 months old. > > You will need a USB stick of at least 8GB and some means to write the > image to the memory stick. > > The 26.04.1 download can be found here https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop > > If you do install this operating system, as opposed to just running it off > the memory stick, there may be some additional drivers that the system is > willing to install for you (some of these are partially or fully > closed-source). > > If you don't want to try Ubuntu, an alternative worth considering is Linux > Mint which purports to handle more hardware edge cases. Look here: > https://linuxmint.com/ > > I should have also pointed out that the kernel in Ubuntu 26.04 is quite a bit newer than your Debian kernel. I believe your soundcard is an ALC892. This post on AskUbuntu may be of assistance: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1512057/ubuntu-24-04-cannot-see-realtek-alc892 This Ubuntu bug report may also shine some light on your problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/993162 Also worth checking out: https://sites.google.com/view/realtek-hd-audio-driver-alc89?pli=1&authuser=0 https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1236 -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com C'est ma façon de parler.
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