Bug#536340: [Linux-2.6.30-1-amd64] No sound out of the front jack

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

hello,

[ adding alsa dev on CC as Takashi Iwai
  as sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c is his expertise ]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 06:26:28PM +0100, Marco Mattiolo wrote:
> Got the solution.
> 
> Following this guide 
> http://forum.sabayon.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=6376&start=0
> I tried all the snd_hda_intel options related to my sound card.
> I got front jack working with
> modprobe snd_hda_intel model=dell-bios
> (which I then added to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf)

very cool indeed!

 
> Now the matter is: should it be the right behaviour of linux/alsa,
> to let the user try all this options after days of googleing?
> Could we hope to see a well-done self-recognising sound card tool soon?

I'm a bit confused by the mess of newlines in your bug report
http://bugs.debian.org/536340

could you please rerun this below and post the output.
so that the dell quirk can be added in the hda driver for your box:

alsa-info.sh --no-upload
 
> Really thank you, max!
> I'll also posto the solution to the alsa bug.
> Marco Mattiolo

thanks + kind regards
max