[SRU] System can't detect external headset in the codec of Conexant

> 1. Insert 3-ring headset into front audio port (headset icon)

Is that right? Unless it's a strange-shaped 3-ring plug I think you will find it needs to have 4 rings to be a working (stereo) headset.

I think 3 stripes = 4 rings, and we are talking the same thing, I will make it more clear

Cool.

Also keep in mind there are multiple different standards for 4-ring plugs. And no guarantee your headset and computer use the same standard :/

https://www.cablechick.com.au/blog/understanding-trrs-and-audio-jacks/

upload patch for focal

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upload patch for bionic

Thanks, I've uploaded to focal and will do bionic next. For futur reference, changes shouldn't be applied inline but added as patches to debian/patches. Please also include some description/bug reference when doing that

As a reference that's how I updated the changeset before upload
https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev/pulseaudio/commit/?id=af4cc70d

Could you rework the debdiff for bionic to use debian/patches and have a shorter debian/changelog description? The changelog should be a summary that the users will see for the update, the technical details can go to the patch header itself

here you go,
upload patch for bionic again in debian/patches

The focal fix landed now (but didn't autoclose since the bug was not mentioned in the changelog)

Thanks for the bionic patch, please read https://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/fixing-a-bug.html for next time though and provide a proper debdiff

I'm fixing your changes and uploaded now, what was missing is
- only the patch to the upstream code should be in debian/patches, the changelog needs to be directly updates
- the patch should be listed in the serie
- the bug reference should be listed as 'lp: #...' in the changelog (especially important for a SRU since the bug is what ensure the testing process can be followed)

Oh, also there was already a 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.5 in bionic-proposed so the update needed to be rebased on this one and become ubuntu7.6, I did that as well now

@Seb

Sorry for the inconvenience, I will be more careful next time,
thank you!

Hello hugh, or anyone else affected,

Accepted pulseaudio into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/1:11.1-1ubuntu7.6 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

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verified pulseaudio version - 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.6 in a hp sff[0] which has dual front jacks, works well, didn't find any Regression potential.

[0]https://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA7-5395EEAP.pdf

verified pulseaudio version - 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.6 in a hp dm[0] which has dual front jacks, works well, didn't find any Regression potential.

[0]https://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA7-5436EEAP.pdf

verified pulseaudio version - 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.6 in a dell laptop[0] which only has one headset jack, works well, didn't find any Regression potential.

[0] https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/latitude-5501-business-laptop/spd/latitude-15-5501-laptop

Looks like this SRU introduced a regression in the focal and a couple of related bugs are filed by ubuntu 20.04 users (at least most of Dell machines will be affected):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1876065
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1875249
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873384
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1875032
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1875714

Although this SRU is based on my work of Jan 2019 (https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2019-January/030761.html), it has been a long time, I already forgot the detail about my patches.

So Kaiheng and Hugh, please take a look at this issue again, maybe the regression was already in my original patches or maybe your rebasement on focal introduced the regression.

thx.

@Kai,

Please help to take a look on #18,
then let's decide next step, thanks.

Could you also verify if the bionic SRU create a regression? In which case we should mark it as verification-failed

For what I observed (both focal and bionic), I'm not sure (and I think it's not) it's a regression, due the the bug it's already there before this patch. And I tried one hp dm, one hp sff, one hp laptop and one dell laptop, only can be reproduced in Dell laptop.

For what I observed:

[[[1:11.1-1ubuntu7.5]]]
Before I plugged headset there is only one device shown on input device, which is

1. Internal Microphone - Built-in Audio

After I plugged headset into the jack, dialog shown up, I choice "headset", then three input device shown up, which are:

1. Headset Microphone - Built-in Audio
2. Internal Microphone - Built-in Audio
3. Microphone - Built-in Audio

[[[1:11.1-1ubuntu7.6]]]
Before I plugged headset there are two devices shown on input device, which are

1. Headset Microphone - Built-in Audio
2. Internal Microphone - Built-in Audio

After I plugged headset into the jack, dialog shown up, I choice "headset", then three input device shown up, which are:

1. Headset Microphone - Built-in Audio
2. Internal Microphone - Built-in Audio
3. Microphone - Built-in Audio

[[[result]]]
No matter which cases, once you choice (3. Microphone - Built-in Audio), then there is no headset output audio. Select others, the audio output came back.

@Kai,

What do you think on #21, it's a regression or not?

Seb, what should we do if I have a fix in hand?
Tag it failed, then re-upload one with proper fix?

Looks like we have a new regression in the focal introduced by this fix:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1875252
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1874465
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1876238

If this upload introduced, or resurfaced, a regression, let's mark it as verification-failed and work on a fix. Usually what happens is that the uploader prepares a follow up upload with the required fixes, with the source package built with -v so that the previous version is also included in the .changes file.

Anyway, please look into the mentioned issues - and remember those need to be fixed (if feasible) in groovy, focal and bionic at least. I'll mark the bug as verification-failed for now.

currently, @kai is working on the new patch..

need to finish this one[0] first

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1876065

FYI, there is a pending update that will go out either tomorrow or early next week. Please base your next upload on this update.

@Jamie, just want to highlight that there is an urgent fix in Bionic to an OEM platform which is waiting for this update to be done before we can land it. It'd be very much appreciated if we can somehow speed up the process. Thank you.

@Kai-Heng Feng (kaihengfeng)

Verified. Applied the patch for regression. Bug #1876238 (duplicate of bug #1875252). Dell Inspiron 1525.

URL for the patch: https://launchpad.net/~kaihengfeng/+archive/ubuntu/fix-lp1869819

Audio is working fine now. Checked rebooting multiple times. No issues now.

Thank you very much.

FYI, the upload to bionic-proposed was superseded by https://usn.ubuntu.com/4355-1/. Please rebase your changes on that and reupload.

^^^
https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev/pulseaudio/commit/?h=ubuntu-bionic&id=7d39b0106bd422

IIUC, I should attach new debdiff for both Focal and Bionic, am I right?

It appears the original fix for this bug is safe. It was introduced in 13.99.1-1ubuntu3

What regressed for focal was bug 1876065, the fix to the fix for this bug. So please use bug 1876065 for focal. But then since this bug is still open for bionic use this bug for bionic.

debdiff for Bionic.

It's now in git:

https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev/pulseaudio/log/?h=ubuntu-bionic

But I would recommend adding a blank line in the changelog entry. You have full access to the git repo so please feel free to commit there.

@Daniel, when can we expect the this fix in pulseaudio will show up in -updates channel for Bionic? Thanks.

Hello hugh, or anyone else affected,

Accepted pulseaudio into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/1:11.1-1ubuntu7.8 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

verified pulseaudio version - 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7 in a hp sff[0] which has dual front jacks, works well, didn't find any Regression potential.

[0]https://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA7-5395EEAP.pdf

it's 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.8 in #40, I think it's a typo

Instead of assuming its a typo I'd confirmation that 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.8 was actually tested.

sorry, I shouldn't use such unclear word,
I did check the version with Danny yesterday,
pulseaudio version 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.8 works well at the same machine.

This bug was fixed in the package pulseaudio - 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.8

---------------
pulseaudio (1:11.1-1ubuntu7.8) bionic; urgency=medium

  [Kai-Heng Feng]
  * alsa-mixer: Support dual Front Headphone Jack (lp: #1869819)
  * alsa-mixer: Handle the index for ALSA mixer jack identifiers
  [Tanu Kaskinen <email address hidden>]
  * alsa-mixer: autodetect the ELD device
  * alsa-mixer: autodetect the HDMI jack PCM device
  * alsa-mixer: add hw_device_index to pa_alsa_mapping

 -- Kai-Heng Feng <email address hidden> Thu, 14 May 2020 13:26:03 +0800

The verification of the Stable Release Update for pulseaudio has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.