Exactly the same problem here. Behavior is determined in boot time: -if headphones plugged in at boot, sound only in headphones until next reboot. -if headphones not plugged in at boot, sound in both speakers and headphones until next boot.
In 11.10 the behavior was correct, speakers would turn off as soon as headphones were plugged in. My computer is an Acer Aspire 5920 laptop lspci -v: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Aspire 5920G Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45 Memory at f3500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995684 Title: Switching problem between headphone speaker and microphone to laptop built in speakers and front mic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/alsa-driver/+bug/995684/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs