[arch-general] Muting internal speakers

[poljarinho at gmail.com]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:52:16PM +0200, Nelson Marambio wrote:
> Since the change from Win 7 to Arch there is just one function I
> really miss up to now. Perhaps someone of you can help me out.
> 
> Is it possible that Arch deactivates the internal speakers of my
> laptop when I plug in my USB-headset and turn input / output to this
> ?
> 
> In Windows I could define the USB headset as default for in-/output
> so Win made a fallback to internal speakers only when I plugged out
> the headset again.
> 
> It would be really great if Arch was that comfortable too. I know in
> GNOME there are just two clicks to do for switching to another audio
> hardware but ... :D
> 
> Warm regards,
> Nelson.

I think this module [1] would solve your problem. (If you didn't abandon PA
already)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#Automatically_switch_to_Bluetooth_or_USB_headset