On Sat, 2014-11-22 at 15:59 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> * Teutone <whiteteutone@gmail.com> [2014-11-22 15:06 +0100]:
> 
> > On Sat, 2014-11-22 at 12:57 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> [...]
> Well, linux-3.17 is the stable mainline kernel. It's not
> experimental and there are no known bugs about data loss. If you're
> not comfortable to try 3.17 I can tell you that this kernel runs
> fine. (3.14.25, 3.17.4, 3.18-rc5 here). But I won't force you to use
> it. You can otherwise try some Live-Distros (Knoppix, GRML a.o) to
> check your soundcard. Those are not running 3.17!
> 
> How to install Debian's 3.17:
> As root:
> # echo "deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/unstable main non-free contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teutone.list
> # apt-get update
> # apt-get install -t unstable linux-image-3.17-1-amd64
> 
> Reboot to load the new kerenl and test sound.
> 
> To reverse it:
> # rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teutone.list
> # apt-get update
> # apt-get remove --purge linux-image-3.17-1-amd64
> 
> Thats it ;-)

Alright, thanks for the fast response and extra terminal help ; ) (had
to switch to experimental debian distro + install kernel-headers as
well)


I am now on 
		uname -r
		3.17-1-amd64

and tested my headphones after rebooting--- no difference. Still silent
as a grave. What's the next step then?


> > Hmm. That's strange then... something seems really wrong with this
> > Macbook ***** :P I recently noticed that I have a slight sound problem
> > with my speakers, too - in Mac OS + Windows I get decent sound from
> > right and left built-in speaker; in Debian Jessie I only have the right
> > speaker working correctly, but the left one is a lot quieter... as if
> > it's also not working 100% with the driver...
> 
> If there is a hardware bug you can check live distris as mentioned
> above. But there we can't help. Success to your hardware is needed,
> though....