Dell vostro a860, headphones mute the speaker but no sound

Hello all,
I just installed latest arch, updated to the latest. Using ALSA for sound.
Everything works fine, just when I plug in the headphones - they mute the speakers - but no sound in the headphones.
The headphones work for sure.
alsamixer -> everything there is unmuted and volume raised to 100.
The laptop is dell vostro a860, sound chipset: HDA Intel Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa).
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Ivo

If you are using hda-intel audio driver, try adding
options snd-hda-intel model=
followed by one of this model name in your /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.
For example you can try with "options snd-hda-intel model=auto" and the if it doesn't work try another one that can match with you card model.
Last edited by Babets (2009-08-13 08:35:14)

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