Instead of a headphone switch, you can enable and disable "Auto-mute" automatically, at least in linux: amixer sset 'Auto-Mute Mode' Disabled This lets yo

Instead of a headphone switch, you can enable and disable "Auto-mute" automatically, at least in linux: amixer sset 'Auto-Mute Mode' Disabled This lets you switch between headphone and speaker mode with a keyboard shortcut or from the command-line. If even that is too much effort, I use my webcam to detect my headphone presence automatically: http://stevenjewel.com/2013/11/detecting-headphone-use/ http://stevenjewel.com/2013/11/detecting-headphone-use/