Hello, pulseaudio[1] has that functionality. You should check it out. On KDE , Kmix supports pulseaudio and I am pretty sure it support auto switching too. Regards, --Chris Sakalis [1] - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pulseaudio On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Eric Ryan Jones <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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: [arch-general] 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. >