20.04 HDA-Intel speakers only work when headphones are unplugged (Solved)

[David L]

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 2:35 PM David L <david4lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I recently installed 20.04 on a system that previously had 18.04. One
> difference the I've seen is that I can't get sound from the front speakers
> when the mic is plugged in in 20.04.
>

I figured out the problem. In alsa-mixer, there is an auto-mute setting
which was enabled in my fresh 20.04 install. When that is enabled, the
speakers turn off when the microphone is plugged in.
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