No headphone detected with ubuntu installed on macbook pro

[xon]

Hello,

I've get a macbook pro, on which I installed Xubuntu and KX repositories.
I've got only sound from the loudspeakers. The headphone is not detected when it is plugged.

By googling, I found that I could tweak :

cd /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/
sudo nano analog-output-headphones.conf this file.


By changing

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[Element Speaker]
switch = on
volume = ignore

I can have sound on headphones by rebboting, but I have no longer sound on the loudspeakers.

What do I have to change within the file to have sound on loudspeakers and then stop sound on loudspeakers and get sound on headphones when headphones are connected ?

Thanks,
Christophe


Below is the file content :

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[General]
priority = 90
description-key = analog-output-headphones

[Properties]
device.icon_name = audio-headphones

[Jack Dock Headphone]
required-any = any

[Jack Dock Headphone Phantom]
required-any = any
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown

[Jack Front Headphone]
required-any = any

[Jack Front Headphone Phantom]
required-any = any
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown

[Jack Headphone]
required-any = any

[Jack Headphone Phantom]
required-any = any
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown

# This jack can be either a headphone *or* a mic. Used on some ASUS netbooks.
[Jack Headphone Mic]
required-any = any

[Element Hardware Master]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right

[Element Master]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right

[Element Master Mono]
switch = off
volume = off

[Element Speaker+LO]
switch = off
volume = off

[Element Headphone+LO]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right

[Element Headphone]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right

[Element Headset]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right

[Element Line HP Swap]
switch = on
required-any = any

; This profile path is intended to control the first headphones, not
; the second headphones. But it should not hurt if we leave the second
; headphone jack enabled nonetheless.
[Element Headphone2]
switch = mute
volume = zero

[Element Speaker]
switch = on
volume = ignore

[Element Desktop Speaker]
switch = on
volume = ignore

...

[xon]

In fact, with the code posted previously in /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/,
The sound is either on the loudspeakers or on the headphones depending on if the headphones is plugged when booting.
After booting the headphone is no longer recognized and I have to reboot to get sound on headphone.
There should an easy solution to avoid to reboot to switch between loudspeakers and headphones.
Thnaks for the help,
Christophe

[glowrak guy]

Unless a code or app fixes the combo-jack nonsense, just buy a good set of powered speakers
that have their own headphone jack. Regression proof.
Some have a control knob for bass, which is handy.

I got rid of pulse-audio, and use smplayer, vlc, and aqualung for media playback,
using qjackctl.
Cheers