For those who really want to get rid of the dialog in the meantime, here is what I did in order to quick-fix my own system. I made a simple hack, and followed the steps listed here to rebuild the unity-settings-daemon package
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpdatingADeb The hack (to be done in place of the "patch -p1" step in the guide) is to disable the new functionality; I did this in a possibly very inappropriate way, please don't blame me too much. I edited the file unity-settings-daemon-14.04.0+14.04.20140414/plugins/media-keys/what- did-you-plug-in/dialog-window.c and added "return 0;" as the very first line of the function wdypi_dialog_run. There may be better ways. My two cents on the solution is to chose a fallback, issue a notification, and allow the user to configure the default behaviour in the audio settings. That would be less in the way. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1297790 Title: "Unknown audio device" dialog pops up every time I plug in headphones Status in “unity-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've got a combined headphone/headset socket on my Laptop. Every time I plug in my headphones, an "unknown audio device" dialog pops up asking whether I've plugged in headphones or a headset. This is isn't a great user experience as my phone can auto-detect the device. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.39-generic 3.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: mark 1949 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: mark 1949 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Mar 26 11:03:29 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-24 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140323) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH successful Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_Jack: Green Headphone Out, Front Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful Symptom_Type: None of the above Title: [Latitude E7440, Realtek ALC292, Green Headphone Out, Front] Playback problem UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/18/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A08 dmi.board.asset.tag: DE004505 dmi.board.name: 07F3F4 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: DE004505 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd02/18/2014:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE7440:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn07F3F4:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E7440 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-settings-daemon/+bug/1297790/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
