[arch-general] Muting internal speakers

[Mike]

On 15/06/12 14:12, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 13:00 +0100, Mauro Santos wrote:
>> Have you actually tried using the latest pulseaudio for a couple of
>> weeks? For supported hardware it sure does something somewhat similar to
>> what the OP wants.
>>
>> It sure seems you have some gripe with pulseaudio and/or pulseaudio's
>> upstream and are on a personal crusade to bash it every time you can.
>> Pulseaudio is not perfect but neither is alsa, if alsa only solves the
>> problem then fine, if some user has better luck with pulseaudio+alsa so
>> be it, the user will decide for itself if it sucks or not so just let it
>> rest.
> Ubuntu Studio Precise chips with a new version of PA and a PA Jack
> bridge. RME HDSPe AIO started working when PA was removed, it didn't
> work with PA. Regarding to this thread it's irrelevant.
>
> BOT as mentioned before, the OP seem to use GNOME, so it's likely that
> he already has PA installed. Audio out is ok, so PA doesn't cause
> trouble, but it also doesn't auto-mute the speakers.
>
> So EVERYBODY who brings up to install or not install PA does babble and
> doesn't help.
>
> Are there settings for PA, ALSA some GNOME mixer or what ever, that
> enables what the OP needs?
>
That could be done with udev and ALSA or with PA. At least a PA solution 
is/was in the wiki (as far as I remember)