speaker and subwoofer should assign DAC(Volume) first instead of two headphone by increasing badness for (type HP) when there is no line out
if (!spec->no_multi_io && cfg->hp_outs && cfg->line_out_type == AUTO_PIN_SPEAKER_OUT) if (count_multiio_pins(codec, cfg->hp_pins[0]) >= 2) spec->multi_ios = 1; /* give badness */ +if ((cfg->speaker_outs == 2) && (cfg->hp_outs == 2) && (cfg->line_outs == 0)) + if (cfg->line_out_type == AUTO_PIN_HP_OUT) + badness++ /* re-count num_dacs and squash invalid entries */ spec->multiout.num_dacs = 0; -- 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/1302090 Title: Dell Alienware 14, Speaker sound output is mono until a headphone jack is plugged Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Here's the required release and package information: Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 Package: linux-image-extra-3.13.0-19-generic Version: 3.13.0-19.40 When playing audio through speakers on my Alienware 14 2014, the sound output is in mono until I plug a headphone in any of the two available headphone jacks (obviously, the auto-mute option must be disabled). When I do so, the sound starts to play in stereo. I would love the sound output to be stereo by default and not be forced to plug anything to achieve that. Attached is the alsa-info.sh output for my machine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1302090/+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