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Auto-mute speakers when headphones are plugged in

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Auto-mute speakers when headphones are plugged in

#1 Post by eric1959 »

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Re: Auto-mute speakers when headphones are plugged in

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Is this a laptop, desktop, and what are the PC specifications?

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Re: Auto-mute speakers when headphones are plugged in

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It's a desktop, see my signature : Medion Akoya E4360 D desktop PC << Intel i3-530, GeForce GT330, 4 GB RAM, harddisk 1 Terabyte >>
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/de ... nfo_bottom
Is it possible to have the speakers auto muted when I plug in a headphone ( in the front ) ?
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lspci | grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
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Re: Auto-mute speakers when headphones are plugged in

#4 Post by Revenger »

There is an option "Headphone Jack Sense" in every volume control.
Simplest one is "alsamixer" from alsa-utils package (curses interface). You still have Volume Control in Desktop Environment, but that option is hidden (at least in Gnome, have not tried other desktops) and you have to make it visible through preferences.
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#5 Post by eric1959 »

No "Headphone Jack Sense" , only "headphone"....
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#6 Post by Revenger »

eric1959 wrote:No "Headphone Jack Sense" , only "headphone"....
It is a bit different in alsamixer, my mistake.

Here you got some screenshots:

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Re: Auto-mute speakers when headphones are plugged in

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No "Headphone Jack Sense" , only "headphone"....
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Re: Auto-mute speakers when headphones are plugged in

#8 Post by Revenger »

eric1959 wrote:Image
It seems that your audio card does not have that option. Sorry, but I am out of ideas.
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#9 Post by dtl131 »

I saw you complain of this issue in another thread. It's usually fixable with the right model keyword in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf . What kind of system is this?

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Re: Auto-mute speakers when headphones are plugged in

#10 Post by salome »

Do you have vlc installed? I had this issue before which was suddenly resolved when I installed vlc. It's gotta be one of the dependency packages pulled by vlc--but not sure which one. Worth a try.
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Re: Auto-mute speakers when headphones are plugged in

#11 Post by alecs1 »

Hi,

For this to work correctly you also need kernel support, from what I know. For me, this problem has disappeared about 2 months ago after having it for long. It was solved with some kernel or ALSA update as far as I know. My card uses the ALC1200 driver, maybe you can spot changes in ALSA using this information. I'll try to come back with more when I have the time.

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