Public bug reported: Speaker audio channel goes mute after plugging in the headphone and unmute after the headphone is plugged out. By consequence there is no sound when trying to listen the sound by headphones.
This is a pulseaudio problem and can be circumvent by just editing /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-headphones.conf and commenting the line as here: [Jack_InputDevice] #code = Headphone This will avoid pulseaudio to change profiles when headphone is plugged in. Some people affected by this bug don't get the headphones muted, but only a very low volume, this workaround could help too. But to some computer models this workaround could let the sound play by headphones and speaker by the same time (most people don't desire that). On my computer model ( HP Pavilion DV-4 2080br ) the workaround works well and the sound goes only by the headphone, as expected. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic 3.0.0-15.26 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: henrique 16836 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xe8500000 irq 45' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1X5' Components : 'HDA:111d7605,103c1409,00100402' Controls : 18 Simple ctrls : 10 Date: Wed Jan 25 02:58:14 2012 GvfsMonitorLog: Monitoring events. Press Ctrl+C to quit. HotplugNewDevices: HotplugNewMounts: InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv4 Notebook PC ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic root=UUID=32414ec2-9ef6-46d9-a944-7715529ebc08 ro RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-15-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-15-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.60 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: mei Symptom: storage UdevMonitorLog: monitor will print the received events for: UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing UdisksMonitorLog: Monitoring activity from the disks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to cancel. UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (102 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/30/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde dmi.bios.version: F.0C dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1409 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 50.17 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.0C:bd03/30/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv4NotebookPC:pvr049C200000241220000030000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1409:rvr50.17:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv4 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 049C200000241220000030000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric staging -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/921397 Title: Speaker audio channel goes mute after plugging in the headphone To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/921397/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs