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Major thanks, this worked exactly as needed.

The default configuration is when the headphones are unplugged it disables the headphone volume. In your case it appears the headphone volume controls the internal laptop speaker volume. A potential workaround is to reconfigure the headphone volume so it isn't disabled when the headphones are unplugged. nano /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf Change [Element Headphone] switch = off volume = off to [Element Headphone] switch = off volume = merge