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I was rocking out to a crazy remix with my headphones plugged in, and someone sitting next to me informed me that the music was also coming out of my speakers. How do I make it so that when I plug headphones in, my speakers turn off?

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Possibly related: askubuntu.com/questions/6993/internal-microphone-not-working – User Oct 25 '10 at 5:47
This answer helped me to get rid of this problem. My card was an Intel card. – Anwar Sep 23 '12 at 3:23
possible duplicate of Sound from both headphones and speakers – Eliah Kagan Oct 3 '12 at 0:22

closed as too localized by Tom Brossman, LnxSlck, Jorge Castro, Eliah Kagan, Mitch Oct 3 '12 at 5:35

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This is probably an alsa issue. I had the same problem, but it got reported as a bug and fixed.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/477226

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+1: This is an ALSA bug. In addition to whatever workaround you can get, please file it - our audio maintainer is pretty good with these :) The driver needs to have a correct mapping of all the various inputs your sound hardware has - one of which is a “you've got headphones plugged in” signal - and not all systems have correct mappings. Running “ubuntu-bug” should get you the symptoms-based reporter, where you can get the relevant audio logs to a bug. – RAOF Jul 29 '10 at 2:58
It has worked for me since the upgrade to 10.10 on hda intel platforms. the previous solution was to open sound preferences, which triggered a probe and changeover to headphones. in my opinion, not a bug...tradeoff for speed increase by not polling the interface – Call me V Nov 29 '10 at 21:03
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I had the same issue. It appears that the new kernel did not correctly detect the sound card model that you have. You will have to edit the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file and set the model manually with

options snd-hda-intel model=<model>

Unfortunately, finding the correct sound card model can take a little guess work. I took me several tries to find the sound card model that would detect the headphones correctly.

This link gives a list of sound card model: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1043568

More information can be found on the Ubuntu Wiki.

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If you have to do this, file a bug too; the kernel should detect the module automatically. – Jeremy Kerr Jul 29 '10 at 5:57

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