source
here
- install alsa-utils
- Run
alsamixer
as root
- Arrow right util you see four items starting with Left Speaker Mixer, and press M on all four channels to un-mute them.
- Arrow right some more until you find four more starting with Right Speaker Mixer and un-mute them as well.
- Arrow all the way back left to the Speaker channel and raise the volume a little, Keep it low (< 50ish), since alsa will let you get dangerously high for these speakers.
It seems simple but it wasn't actually.
It says un-mute Left Speaker Mixer and Right Speaker Mixer but for my HP Chromebook 11 there was no exactly "Left Speaker Mixer".
What I found was "Left SPK Mixer" and there were ten of them. Each are
- Left SPK Mixer INA1
- Left SPK Mixer INA2
- Left SPK Mixer INB1
- Left SPK Mixer INB2
- Left SPK Mixer Left DAC1
- Left SPK Mixer Left DAC2
- Left SPK Mixer MIC1
- Left SPK Mixer MIC2
- Left SPK Mixer Right DAC1
- Left SPK Mixer Right DAC2
These are same for Right SPK Mixer.
I unmuted INB2, Left DAC1, Left DAC2, for Left SPK Mixer and INA2, INB1, INB2, Left DAC1, Left DAC2, for Right SPK Mixer.
Though I didn't try thoroughly, for many other combinations speaker didn't work or keep beeping loudly.