[Solved] Headphones not muting built-in speakers on a laptop

I have bought a new laptop a Packard Bell MX61 and so far so good, everything works very well with linux until now.
Today I plugged my headphones and the speakers didn't mute, I have searched the web and it seems this is starting to be common, as it seems the good old hardware switch is being replaced by some software solution >_> even on windoze it fails to work properly sometimes. My question is if someone knows how I can make it work in linux. Thanks in advance.
Here is what I think might be relevant to get help
$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Graphics Port 0)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 7914
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 2400
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 audio device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
07:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
07:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
07:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
07:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev ff)
07:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ide_cd_mod 32900 1
cdrom 35360 1 ide_cd_mod
pata_atiixp 6656 0
joydev 11584 0
usbhid 46016 0
hid 41856 1 usbhid
ff_memless 6664 1 usbhid
ath_pci 245432 0
wlan 222448 1 ath_pci
8139cp 21248 0
ath_hal 250976 1 ath_pci
arc4 3712 2
ecb 4608 2
crypto_blkcipher 17540 1 ecb
atiixp 5508 1
snd_seq_oss 31872 0
snd_seq_midi_event 8192 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 49968 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 8332 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 40192 0
snd_mixer_oss 16512 1 snd_pcm_oss
psmouse 38288 0
sdhci_pci 9088 0
sdhci 16900 1 sdhci_pci
ohci1394 30256 0
uvcvideo 56840 0
sg 28852 0
serio_raw 7172 0
ieee1394 80452 1 ohci1394
8139too 24964 0
mii 6528 2 8139cp,8139too
ricoh_mmc 5632 0
k8temp 6144 0
snd_hda_intel 368944 2
mmc_core 46620 1 sdhci
compat_ioctl32 3072 1 uvcvideo
videodev 35584 1 uvcvideo
ide_pci_generic 5636 0
video 18064 0
output 4608 1 video
v4l1_compat 16260 2 uvcvideo,videodev
ath5k 100480 0
mac80211 158876 1 ath5k
led_class 5508 1 ath5k
snd_pcm 69636 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 21384 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 9224 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 8964 1 snd_hda_intel
snd 50724 13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore 8160 1 snd
asus_acpi 15772 0
i2c_piix4 9744 0
i2c_core 22420 1 i2c_piix4
ide_core 96200 3 ide_cd_mod,atiixp,ide_pci_generic
cfg80211 25224 2 ath5k,mac80211
ohci_hcd 24976 0
ahci 30348 0
ati_agp 8716 0
agpgart 30804 1 ati_agp
evdev 11296 8
thermal 17052 0
processor 34732 1 thermal
fan 6148 0
button 7824 0
battery 12036 0
ac 6020 0
loop 16140 0
vboxdrv 66072 0
rtc_cmos 11424 0
rtc_core 17564 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 4480 1 rtc_core
ext3 126472 5
jbd 46100 1 ext3
mbcache 8708 1 ext3
sd_mod 27160 7
usb_storage 92736 6
ehci_hcd 35852 0
usbcore 134128 6 usbhid,uvcvideo,ohci_hcd,usb_storage,ehci_hcd
ata_generic 6788 0
pata_sis 12036 0
pata_acpi 6016 0
libata 152992 5 pata_atiixp,ahci,ata_generic,pata_sis,pata_acpi
scsi_mod 96460 4 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage,libata
dock 9488 1 libata
cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 | grep -i codec
Codec: Realtek ALC660-VD
and for the curious guys wondering what's on usb
$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b066 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 067b:2507 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2507 Hi-speed USB to IDE bridge controller
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
I'm running linux from an external disk from my old laptop (that died) a 32 bit version of arch, but I'll need to install a 64bit version of arch to use the 4GB of ram this baby has, but as of now I'm just testing if everything is ok, didn't even run the vista yet and I plan to make a backup of what is in the disk and wipe it and have arch only, no windoze
Last edited by R00KIE (2008-11-16 12:06:28)

I'm reporting on this, adding
options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo
to /etc/modprobe.conf then rebooting is the way to get things working.
Then I go to alsamixer and raise the front volume to the max and mute it, now the sound changes back and forth from speakers to hedphones.
But I have problems with skype, the sound recorded from the mic has lots of cracks and pops while if I test with audacity the sound is clear.
I'll report back when I get that to work properly, for now I'm marking this as fixed.
Last edited by R00KIE (2008-11-16 12:05:56)

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