[SOLVED] Sound will come out of the speakers, but not the headphones.

Question

So, the headphones won't play any sound (they work with my phone, not on my laptop) when plugged in. 
When the headphones are plugged into the jack, the speakers mute, so I know that the laptop is registering that they got plugged in, but still no sound comes out. 
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: VT1708S Alt Analog [VT1708S Alt Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
And: 
amixer -c 0 contents
numid=21,iface=CARD,name='Headphone Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=on
numid=18,iface=CARD,name='Internal Mic Phantom Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=on
numid=19,iface=CARD,name='Mic Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=off
numid=20,iface=CARD,name='Speaker Phantom Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=on
numid=17,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=on
numid=16,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=42,step=0
: values=33
| dBscale-min=-63.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=42,step=0
: values=42,42
| dBscale-min=-63.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=26,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---RW-,values=2,min=0,max=255,step=0
: values=255,255
| dBscale-min=-51.00dB,step=0.20dB,mute=0
numid=15,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Boost Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=3,step=0
: values=0,0
| dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=10.25dB,mute=0
numid=10,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0
: values=18,18
| dBscale-min=-34.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=13,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=12,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0
: values=15,15
| dBscale-min=-16.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=6,iface=MIXER,name='Loopback Mixing'
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
; Item #0 'Disabled'
; Item #1 'Enabled'
: values=1
numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='Auto-Mute Mode'
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
; Item #0 'Disabled'
; Item #1 'Enabled'
: values=1
numid=22,iface=MIXER,name='Dynamic Power-Control'
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
; Item #0 'Disabled'
; Item #1 'Enabled'
: values=0
numid=5,iface=MIXER,name='Independent HP'
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
; Item #0 'Disabled'
; Item #1 'Enabled'
: values=1
numid=14,iface=MIXER,name='Internal Mic Boost Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=3,step=0
: values=2,2
| dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=10.25dB,mute=0
numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='Internal Mic Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=off,off
numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='Internal Mic Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0
: values=23,23
| dBscale-min=-34.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=off,off
numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Speaker Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=42,step=0
: values=0,0
| dBscale-min=-63.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=24,iface=PCM,name='Capture Channel Map'
; type=INTEGER,access=r----R--,values=2,min=0,max=36,step=0
: values=0,0
| | chmap-fixed=FL,FR
numid=23,iface=PCM,name='Playback Channel Map'
; type=INTEGER,access=r----R--,values=2,min=0,max=36,step=0
: values=3,4
| | chmap-fixed=FL,FR
numid=25,iface=PCM,name='Playback Channel Map',device=2
; type=INTEGER,access=r----R--,values=2,min=0,max=36,step=0
: values=0,0
| | chmap-fixed=FL,FR
Anything else I need to show?
Last edited by Ave6 (2013-08-29 07:28:09)

Answer 1

rufus wrote:well you could post your alsamixer but before you do screw around with it turn all volumes up and such unmute everything
  usually its the easiest damn thing maybe an F key needs tweaking....good luck!
Like this? 
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────── AlsaMixer v1.0.27.2 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Card: HDA Intel F1: Help │
│ Chip: VIA VT1708S F2: System information │
│ View: F3:[Playback] F4: Capture F5: All F6: Select sound card │
│ Item: Mic Boost [dB gain: 10.25, 10.25] Esc: Exit │
│ │
│ │
│ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │
│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
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│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │
│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │
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│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │
│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │
│ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ └──┘ ├──┤ └──┘ Disabled Enabled Enabled ├──┤ └──┘ Enabled │
│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │MM│ │
│ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │
│ 56 100<>100 100<>100 100<>100 37<>37 21<>21 87<>87 53<>53 │
│ Master Headphone Speaker PCM Mic <Mic Boost>Auto-Mute Dynamic P Independe Internal Internal Loopback │
│ │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Auto-Mute didn't really help... 
Also, according to some post I saw online somewhere I added this to the default.pa in /etc/pulse/: 
# Take Independent HP into use.
load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0,1