[pulseaudio-discuss] What does "unknown" as a port availability status mean? And how do I get rid of it?

[Tanu Kaskinen]

On Wed, 2012-11-14 at 13:19 +0800, Raymond Yau wrote:
> > > ports:
> > > analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900, available: unknown)
> > > properties:
> > > analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, available: yes)
> > > properties:
> > > active port: <analog-output-headphones>
> > >
> > > At the bottom you can see the "Analog Output" has it's available
> > > status set to "unknown", what does this mean & how do I get rid of it?
> >
> > It means that pulseaudio doesn't know if the port is available or not.
> > That's not generally something to worry about - you can try to activate
> > the port to see if it works or not, the "unknown" state only means that
> > pulseaudio doesn't know if it works or not.
> >
> But most PCI sound cards does not support jack detection and the major
> problem is they cannot be selected in sound preference anymore since
> pulseaudio 2.0

Which application do you mean by "sound preference"? If "unknown" ports
can not be chosen, that's a bug in the "sound preference" application.

-- 
Tanu