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Im looking to install ubuntu on my laptop, problem is that I damaged the headphone socket and it thinks there is always headphones plugged in. I know in windows I can force audio to play from both the speakers and the headphones at the same time.

Is this possible in ubuntu/linux ?

Thanks!

Daniel Flannery
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Install pavucontrol from the following link.

Now open the app using the follwing cmd in terminal :

pavucontrol

Now in the Playback tab, change the output to speakers--->

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araghuteja
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My Solution (not recommended)

Step 1: remove completely PulseAudio by sudo apt-get autoremove pulseaudio

Step 2: Install AlsaMixer by sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer

Step 2: Config with AlsaMixer by run alsamixer. Press left/right arrow to choose device, change volume, disabled auto-mute,... press [ESC] to quit.

RISK

You will lost some utility provides by PulseAudio, example: disappear Volume Tray, lost Hotkey Fn+(volume) on keyboard,...

NO-TESTED

Just remove PulseAudio, not completely remove: sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio, maybe help keep sound utility, hotkey... I read somewhere, PulseAudio output sound quality better and smaller latency than default audio server...

RECOVERY

If you want sound system goes back. Open Ubuntu Software Center, click on History to see what are package removes before? Open Sysnaptic Package Manager, search there packages then Install them.

Davuz
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My workaround was simply to select the device manually:

  1. Open Sound settings (you can get there from the volume control widget or System Settings)
  2. Under the default Output tab, under Device, click "Analog Output Built-in Audio"

Yes, you'll need to manually set the device you want to use each time, but for me two seconds doing that is better than another several days of searching and at best, it seems, setting output permanently (changing only with a reboot). I've not seen any fix for the root problem of flaky jack detection. I described the symptoms in my case in greater detail here.

mlncn
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