Bug#658728: patch_realtek: no more sound on HP Compaq dx2200 MT

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> Here are two ways to check whether the patch_realtek bug is fixed.
> Either one is sufficient.
>
>  A. Check if the "auto-mute mode" control is offered by alsamixer -c0.
>     In a working kernel, if it is offered, then it should have the
>     following effect:
>
>      - if auto-mute mode is disabled, sound is output to speakers
>        regardless of whether headphones are plugged in
>
>      - if auto-mute mode is enabled, sound is output to speakers if
>        and only if headphones are not plugged in
>
>     If it is not offered, then sound should be output to speakers
>     if and only if headphones are not plugged in, just as though
>     the auto-mute mode control were offered and set to "on".
>
>  B. Check if rebooting from a broken kernel to the current one cures
>     the silent output.  That is:
>
>     1. Boot a broken kernel and enable the "auto-mute mode" control,
>        so output is inappropriately suppressed.
>
>     2. Boot into the kernel to be tested.  If output is still silent
>        regardless of the "alsamixer -c0" volume control setting, it
>        is broken.  If output is present, it is fixed.

Ping.  What kernel are you using these days?  Is it fixed?

Thanks again for a useful report,
Jonathan