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
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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.pactl set-default-source alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
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Repeat step 3.
@seaniedan - setting default output sink in
/etc/pulse/default.pa
is more elegant, since this file runs on each system boot anyway.To make it work you have to restart pulseaudio .configs by deleting pulse directory:
rm -r ~/.config/pulse
I've found this solution here: https://askubuntu.com/a/1038492
Probably
pulseaudio -k
command mentioned by @comxd do the same ;)But it's safer to set sink by name instead of its number (which can change), in my example:
set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__hw_sofhdadsp__sink
I also had a problem that my Mic's build-in minijack output was set each time I have plugged my Mic into the USB port. To solve it you can also comment this lines in
/etc/pulse/default.pa
file: