Public bug reported: The sound is barely heard in Ubuntu 16.0 from the green front headphone jack. In a dual boot setup with Windows, on Windows, the sound is perfect. Standard solutions found across forums on the Internet do not seem to help.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-37.41~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-37-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: aserov 1843 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: aserov 1843 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Oct 12 17:04:24 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-29 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH failed Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_Jack: Green Headphone Out, Front Symptom_Type: High background noise, or volume is too low Title: [Alienware Area-51 R2, Creative CA0132, Green Headphone Out, Front] Background noise or low volume UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/11/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: A10 dmi.board.name: 09G12C dmi.board.vendor: Alienware dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA10:bd10/11/2016:svnAlienware:pnAlienwareArea-51R2:pvr:rvnAlienware:rn09G12C:rvrA00:cvnAlienware:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: Alienware Area-51 R2 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware ** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1723150 Title: [Alienware Area-51 R2, Creative CA0132, Green Headphone Out, Front] Very low front headphones volume Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The sound is barely heard in Ubuntu 16.0 from the green front headphone jack. In a dual boot setup with Windows, on Windows, the sound is perfect. Standard solutions found across forums on the Internet do not seem to help. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-37.41~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-37-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: aserov 1843 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: aserov 1843 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Oct 12 17:04:24 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-29 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH failed Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_Jack: Green Headphone Out, Front Symptom_Type: High background noise, or volume is too low Title: [Alienware Area-51 R2, Creative CA0132, Green Headphone Out, Front] Background noise or low volume UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/11/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: A10 dmi.board.name: 09G12C dmi.board.vendor: Alienware dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA10:bd10/11/2016:svnAlienware:pnAlienwareArea-51R2:pvr:rvnAlienware:rn09G12C:rvrA00:cvnAlienware:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: Alienware Area-51 R2 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1723150/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp