I have a notebook connected to a port replicator. I want to use the build-in speakers and microfone and not the external ones. If I boot my notebook in my port replicator Ubuntu changes the devices to external.
- Find your internal speaker
pactl list short sinks
0 alsa_output.usb-Generic_USB_Audio_201405280001-00.analog-stereo module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
1 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
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Set your internal speaker as default
pactl set-default-sink <DEVICE>e.g.pactl set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo -
Add to "Startup Applications" ("Startprogramme" in German)
- Open the application "Startup Applications" (Should be preinstalled on Ubuntu)
- Click on "Add"
- Give your startup item a name
- Copy your command from above into the command field.
- Click on "Save".
- Find your internal microfone
pactl list short sources
0 alsa_output.usb-Generic_USB_Audio_201405280001-00.analog-stereo.monitormodule-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
1 alsa_input.usb-Generic_USB_Audio_201405280001-00.iec958-stereo module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz RUNNING
2 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
3 alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
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Set your internal speaker as default
pactl set-default-source <DEVICE>e.g.ppactl set-default-source alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo -
Repeat step 3.
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Note that these settings are volatile and won't survive a reboot of your PC. To make those settings persistent (well, kind of), I simply added those pactl set-default... instructions to my ~/.bashrcfile - problem solved.
Open the .bashrc file using nano (or another editor of your choice).
$ cd ~
$ nano ./.bashrcAdd those instructions at the end of the file and save it.
...
pactl set-default-source alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
pactl set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo