Getting sound working on alienware m14x?

Kaonashi · 2012-12-11 03:07:07

I have an alienware m14x R2, I have installed arch linux, but I have some issues with sound. I cannot get my headphones jack to work, i have unmuted the "headphones" channel in alsa-mixer, but it still does not play through them. however the speakers work just fine. A little help?

johni · 2012-12-11 17:51:51

I have m17xR3, and to get headphone jack working I added the file /etc/modprobe.d/intel-hda-audio.conf

options snd-hda-intel model=dell-eq

After that reboot, or unload/reload the alsa drivers.

Once I did this, the rear headphone jack worked, and properly mutes the speakers when headphones are plugged in. Hopefully that will work for you.

Kaonashi · 2012-12-11 22:21:54

After changing that, nothing works at all

johni · 2012-12-11 23:59:27

You may have to experiment with the model= parameter.

This page shows all of the ALSA models:
http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation … Models.txt

I see there is now an alienware type, so you might try that in the model=

Kaonashi · 2012-12-12 01:25:53

johni wrote:

You may have to experiment with the model= parameter.
This page shows all of the ALSA models:
http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation … Models.txt
I see there is now an alienware type, so you might try that in the model=

i was trying dell, alienware, and a few others before this, but i will look through and try a few of them.

Kaonashi · 2012-12-12 20:47:28

Kaonashi wrote:

johni wrote:
You may have to experiment with the model= parameter.
This page shows all of the ALSA models:
http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation … Models.txt
I see there is now an alienware type, so you might try that in the model=
i was trying dell, alienware, and a few others before this, but i will look through and try a few of them.

Actually, dell-eq is now working for whatever reason, thank you very much for the help.

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#1 2012-12-11 03:07:07

Getting sound working on alienware m14x?

#2 2012-12-11 17:51:51

Re: Getting sound working on alienware m14x?

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Re: Getting sound working on alienware m14x?

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Re: Getting sound working on alienware m14x?

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