[pulseaudio-discuss] Routing of audio to loudspeakers or headphones

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 03:49:44PM +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> 'Twas brillig, and pl bossart at 25/08/10 14:31 did gyre and gimble:

> > For jack sensing, we'd need a module that traps input events. ALSA
> > sends an input event when the headphone jack is inserted. This is
> > what's used in Meego (the detection isn't part of PulseAudio though).

> Yeah that's what is intended but I believe the general state of Jack
> Sensing is pretty busted generally....

It should be totally reliable where present for the embedded space, the
issues are with HDA mostly.