do you get any results from running it? Could you alsa attach the output from:
amixer info
Also, could you try running:
alsamixer
and seeing if there are any "Jack Sense" channels where you can toggle the mute channel.
Finally, the ThinkPad has both hardware and software mixer channels (and mute toggles!). Is the hardware mixer un-muted (try pressing the Volume Up buttons severals times).
There's a utility called:
speaker-test
do you get any results from running it? Could you alsa attach the output from:
amixer info
Also, could you try running:
alsamixer
and seeing if there are any "Jack Sense" channels where you can toggle the mute channel.
Finally, the ThinkPad has both hardware and software mixer channels (and mute toggles!). Is the hardware mixer un-muted (try pressing the Volume Up buttons severals times).