[pulseaudio-discuss] configure a soundcard?

[Tanu Kaskinen]

On Mon, 2020-04-13 at 11:02 -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
> Georg, Tanu, and others,
> 
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 2:35 PM Georg Chini <georg at chini.tk> wrote:
> 
> > On 27.04.19 12:26, Tanu Kaskinen wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2019-04-26 at 07:37 -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 4:28 AM Tanu Kaskinen <tanuk at iki.fi> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > In /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-
> > > headphones.conf, change these lines:
> > > 
> > > [Jack Front Headphone]
> > > required-any = any
> > > 
> > > to
> > > 
> > > [Jack Front Headphone]
> > > required-any = any
> > > state.plugged = unknown
> > > state.unplugged = unknown
> > > 
> > > and similarly in /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-
> > > lineout.conf change these lines:
> > > 
> > > [Jack Line Out Front]
> > > required-any = any
> > > 
> > > to
> > > 
> > > [Jack Line Out Front]
> > > required-any = any
> > > state.plugged = unknown
> > > state.unplugged = unknown
> > > 
> > > These changes will be overwritten whenever your distribution updates
> > > pulseaudio (yes, this sucks, hopefully this will be improved some day;
> > > I think George Chini already has something prepared related to
> > > disabling jack detection).
> > > 
> > Yes, once the messaging API patches are merged, I have at
> > least patches that provide the basic infrastructure to disable
> > jack detection on the fly.
> > 
> 
> How are the messaging API patches coming along?

Slowly moving forward. You can follow the process here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/merge_requests/51

> I happened to upgrade this computer the other day and was reminded of this
> thread.
> 
> Any PA updates for disabling jack detection on the fly?

No.

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