Arch always did that automatically for me. I do know that you can set up defaults and fallbacks in KDE just like in Windows. I'm not sure about GNOME, though, as I have used KDE for a while. -----Original Message----- From: arch-general-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arch-general-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nelson Marambio Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:52 PM To: arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Muting internal speakers 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.