how can i make the sound of speaker go off when i plug in the headset in my hp pavillion dv7?

I am having the very same issue with my HP Compaq laptop. I was having the same issue with the last installment of Ubuntu as well. I tried the download patch that I found someplace (I can't remember what it was or where I found it, it was so long ago.) I had given up before but thought with 10.4 the issue may have been resolved, but it is still doing the same thing.

@Heather Crook please don't hesitate to made your own question from here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+addquestion

Adding question here, don't help to solve the main question and must be to considered wrong.
Doing this don't help you and basically don't help the thread.

Thank you

Please execute step 1 and step 2, then reboot and send us the full terminal output from step 3 and step 4 from this procedure:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure

I was not adding a new question in the thread. It is the exact same issue, both
on HP computers. I am not an idiot. You, however, have terrible grammar.

 Heather

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Subject: Re: [Question #118677]: how can i make the sound of speaker go off when
i plug in the headset in my hp pavillion dv7?

Question #118677 on alsa-driver in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+question/118677

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marcobra (Marco Braida) proposed the following answer:
@Heather Crook please don't hesitate to made your own question from
here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+addquestion

Adding question here, don't help to solve the main question and must be to
considered wrong.
Doing this don't help you and basically don't help the thread.

Thank you

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@Heather Crook yes yes i know my gramma is very terrible, i'm italian, i never tell your are an idiot i want suggest you to made your own question because your pc may have different installed software and/or configuration and also internal components... and BTW the rules here is to made a single question a thread...
Also please don't reply to this thread auto generated mail messages using your mail-client please try to read the question link, this:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+question/118677
with a browser...

Thank you

I have an HP Pavilion dv7. When I plug in headphones the main speakers go off but the subwoofer (on the bottom of the computer) continues to play. I installed Alsa Mixer, and whenever I want to use the headphones I have to start the Alsa Mixer and move the slider for "Front" all the way down to 0. This is slightly annoying, but until there is solid support for the sound system on this laptop that is what I have to do.