Actually I had skipped this step and I have to say my bad, because I found out the bug seems to be solved in HDA-DKMS!
Now I plug the earphones and the speakers are properly muted. Unmuted after unplugging. I will double check no further regression will pup up! Details: dkms-hda - 0.201208292203~precise1 [https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev/+archive/alsa-daily/+sourcepub/2626453/+listing-archive-extra] Thanks a lot for your help -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037820 Title: Broken auto-mute with Realtek ALC889 chipset after 12.04 upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1037820/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs