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qlem

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Registered: 2017-05-09

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[solved] lenovo x1 carbon 6th - static noise through headphone

Hi,

The last upgrade of the kernel breaks the system sound in my laptop lenovo x1 carbon 6th generation,
The sound have constant noise and pollution, i had to downgrade with pacman the linux package to linux 4.19.2 to fix it,

Some other guys have that problem ?

Last edited by qlem (2019-01-04 14:16:14)

pggbee

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Registered: 2015-07-29

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Re: [solved] lenovo x1 carbon 6th - static noise through headphone

Just to corroborate: I have the same laptop (X1C6) and experiencing the same issue on 4.19.8

qlem

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Registered: 2017-05-09

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Re: [solved] lenovo x1 carbon 6th - static noise through headphone

Same issue on linux-4.19.9.arch1-1

pggbee

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Re: [solved] lenovo x1 carbon 6th - static noise through headphone

I'm seeing improvements on 4.20.0 -- there is still a bit of audio static, however, it isn't as bad as it was w/ the last few 4.19 kernels.

pggbee

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Re: [solved] lenovo x1 carbon 6th - static noise through headphone

@qlem checkout this comment in a launchpad bug issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … omments/20

Issuing that hda-verb command has eliminated the static I've been hearing since 4.19.2 -- I haven't fully grokked that thread, but wanted to share the only helpful thing I've been able to find in weeks

qlem

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Re: [solved] lenovo x1 carbon 6th - static noise through headphone

Hi, thank you pggbee, this fixed the static noise through headphone on my laptop. For guys that have the same issue:

sudo pacman -S alsa-tools
sudo hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x1d SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL 0x0

You have to execute this command at each boot. So create an autostart or something else.

The original thread with a partial explanation of the issue / solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comme … _jack_and/

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