I'm not really concerned about the headset canceling the speakers, but I do have that same issue and it may be related to my real issue of audio being scratchy for some applications. For example, when I reboot, and I go to Sound Preferences -> Input, my mic will be detected and if I talk into it I can see the levels changing to reflect the talking - slightly. Then, if I start a recording program like Sound Recorder, or if I start an application like Counterstrike in Wine, the audio gets garbled and the voice stops working. The only difference I have from the instructions above is I was advised to put this line in alsa-base.conf:
options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N model=alc883 -6stack-dig -- [Karmic] Analog headphones insertion not detected / Speakers not mutted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433633 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