I had this same problem. Laptop: ASUS F3Ke / X53K series
bash-3.1$ head -n 1 /proc/asound/card0/codec* Codec: Realtek ALC660-VD ash-3.1# lspci | grep Audio 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) bash-3.1# aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC660-VD Analog [ALC660-VD Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 This workFaround works for me for now, add following line to alsa-base.conf (the probe_mask=1 bit is important): options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo probe_mask=1 Outcome: Still plays from speakers AND Headphones but now you can mute speakers in alsamixer mute the "Front" volume control then sound only comes through the headphones. =) I hope they fix this though. script output: http://pastebin.ca/1547928 Note I ran this on Slackware 13.0 but everything is the same also on Ubuntu. -- Realtek ALC883 speakers don't mute when headphones plugged in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253422 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs