Ok i have a lenovo g505 and lspci give me:

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini [Radeon HD 8330]
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device 9840
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 0
00:02.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
00:02.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 39)
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 39)
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 39)
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 39)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 02)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 5
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8172 Fast Ethernet (rev 10)
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

so my sound card is clearly 00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device 9840

Im using PClinux OS but this has happened with other distros aswell, however i can see loads of people have had the same issue but NONE of those fixes have worked. I have no option to auto mute in sound options, or in the switches menu.

I have uninstalled and reinstall pulse, added extra volume controls, but NOTHING workes. the speaks go slightly quieter when the head phone are plugged in but they do not mute! Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers guys

Nope, your soundcard would be "00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 02)".

"00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device 9840" will be the sound controller in the video card/chip for sound over HDMI.

If it was a realteck I'd suggest trying the closed drivers, but since it appears to be a Conexant that isnt an option-

http://www.conexant.com/support/Pages/default.aspx

Is it such a big issue to open up the mixer to mute?

Thanks bud ill give the conextant driver a go. I would not mind opening an a mixer to mute the speaks but i do not have this option anywhere, i can obviously mute the speakers but this mutes the headphones too...

cheers

pls take screen shots and upload them somewhere and link to them
I prefer tinypic.com

2) does your bios have an option to allow headphone sense?

ie when you plugin a 3.55 jack it mutes the speakers

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hey man, will do, its my bros laptop im with him on thursday,

thanks brother

no worries and a crash course on alsamixer controls

as its a terminal program you use keyboard commans as follows

m --- mutes or unmutes output controls.....if your images shows M then its muted
spacebar-----activated or de-activates the input controls namely the mic

left or right arrow keys to get to each control

up or down arrow to change a selected control
eg some sound devices allow mic in to be use a sound out
but also used to turn on or off auto mute
see my signature for some images of such

page up or down to quickly change volume for output sliders
or use up or down arrows for slower changes

good luck

hi guys no luck so far, Im actually with my brother tonight so i can try

alsamixer -c0
alsamixer -c1

to night and get the pick up. I dont think there is a option in the bios but i will double check.

I seem to have endless problems with this AMD/ATI a4 processes. Every distro i try there is another error.

Cheers ill get back to you tonight,

and thanks again

antergros sorted my problem, i dont know what it is but it just worked. It wouldn't work on ubuntu, fedora, pclinuxos, linux mint...but ye. thanks for the help folks.

not tried that distro

I see its based on Arch

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=antergos

good luck with it