So, after some rather tedious testing (across Ubuntu, Xubuntu,
Kubuntu, and Lubuntu), I found the exact iteration where the audio
went wrong.

Everything works perfectly fine up until and including 18.04.2, and
then beginning as of 18.04.3 (of course, including 18.04.4), the audio
does the auto-mute thing.I don't know enough about programming to read
through the Pulseaudio and/or ALSA source code, and I know it's
Debian-based, because again, Kali does it, too, yet Manjaro, CentOS,
Fedora, etc. don't.

On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 11:25 PM Kuroš Taheri-Golværzi
<email address hidden> wrote:
>
> I've just tried installing 20.04 LTS, and the audio issue still
> persists. I've tried reinstalling both pulseaudio and ALSA, and
> nothing works. I'm out of ideas. What do I do? How should I go about
> fixing the problem?
>
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:04 AM Kuroš Taheri-Golværzi
> <email address hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Alrighty, so, I installed Xubuntu 16.04. `uname -or` outputs:
> > 4.4.0-21-generic GNU/Linux
> > and `pulseaudio --version` outputs:
> > pulseaudio 8.0
> > In AlsaMixer, "Auto-Mute Mode" is set to "Enabled", and the audio
> > works perfectly exactly as expected.
> >
> > This is definitely something that started happening in the 19.04 versions.
> >
> > On 3/12/20, Kai-Heng Feng <email address hidden> wrote:
> > > Can you please test older kernels like 4.15?
> > >
> > > --
> > > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> > > report.
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866681
> > >
> > > Title:
> > >   [HP Pavilion dv9000] Mute toggles on/off while plugged into the
> > >   headphone/speaker jack (19.04+)
> > >
> > > Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu:
> > >   New
> > > Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
> > >   Confirmed
> > > Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu:
> > >   New
> > >
> > > Bug description:
> > >   I'm on an HP Pavilion dv9000 (https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-
> > >   pavilion-dv9000/specs/) built many years ago.
> > >
> > >
> > >   Whenever I'm using any distro that's based on Ubuntu which was published
> > > from Version 19.04 onwards, I've been having a major issue with the mute
> > > button toggling on and off whenever I have something plugged into the audio
> > > out jack. I know that it's not the fault of XFCE, because I also use the
> > > latest version of Manjaro with XFCE on this same computer, and it works
> > > fine. I also know it's not any Red Hat-based distro, because I use Stella
> > > (which is a remix of CentOS 6) also on this exact same computer, and it also
> > > works fine. Qubes, Mageia, and Fedora 31 also work perfectly fine and don't
> > > have this issue.
> > >
> > >   My "lsb-release" is:
> > >   DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> > >   DISTRIB_RELEASE=19.10
> > >   DISTRIB_CODENAME=eoan
> > >   DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 19.10"
> > >
> > >   and "apt-cache policy pulseaudio" outputs:
> > >   pulseaudio:
> > >     Installed: 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.1
> > >     Candidate: 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.1
> > >     Version table:
> > >    *** 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.1 500
> > >           500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/main amd64
> > > Packages
> > >           100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > >        1:13.0-1ubuntu1 500
> > >           500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/main amd64 Packages
> > >
> > >   I've uploaded a short video of the problem that I recorded with my phone
> > > here:
> > >   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXaHXQA-5uQ
> > >
> > >
> > >   The problem appears with Kali 2019 and 2020, Peppermint 19.04, Lubuntu
> > > 19.04, Xubuntu 19.04, and Sparky 5.10 and 2020.02.
> > >
> > >
> > >   I've checked pretty much everything I can think of. There's a log for my
> > > ALSA help diagnostics results on my current computer (which works properly
> > > with 18.04) at:
> > >   http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=4859b85cd7fc32e7f01f8df63591b5a43dbf6829
> > >
> > >
> > >   the result output of lspci is:
> > >   [code]00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
> > >   00:00.1 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
> > >   00:00.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
> > >   00:00.3 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
> > >   00:00.4 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
> > >   00:00.5 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
> > >   00:00.6 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
> > >   00:00.7 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
> > >   00:02.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
> > >   00:03.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
> > >   00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
> > >   00:09.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
> > >   00:0a.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
> > >   00:0a.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
> > >   00:0a.3 Co-processor: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)
> > >   00:0b.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
> > >   00:0b.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
> > >   00:0d.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
> > >   00:0e.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev
> > > f1)
> > >   00:0f.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev
> > > f1)
> > >   00:10.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
> > >   00:10.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev
> > > a2)
> > >   00:14.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
> > >   00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8
> > > [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
> > >   00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8
> > > [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
> > >   00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8
> > > [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
> > >   00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8
> > > [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
> > >   03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4311
> > > 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
> > >   05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G73M [GeForce Go
> > > 7600] (rev a1)
> > >   07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
> > >   07:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host
> > > Adapter (rev 19)
> > >   07:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host
> > > Adapter (rev 0a)
> > >   07:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev
> > > 05)[/code]
> > >
> > >   and my output for arecord -l is:
> > >   [code]**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> > >   card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: CX20549 Analog [CX20549 Analog]
> > >     Subdevices: 1/1
> > >     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0[/code]
> > >
> > >   I've tried reinstalling both PulseAudio and ALSA Mixer, and nothing
> > >   works. I'm completely lost for ideas. What can I do to solve the
> > >   problem? Can anybody please help?
> > >
> > >   ProblemType: Bug
> > >   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
> > >   Package: pulseaudio 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.1
> > >   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-40.32-generic 5.3.18
> > >   Uname: Linux 5.3.0-40-generic x86_64
> > >   ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.4
> > >   Architecture: amd64
> > >   AudioDevicesInUse:
> > >    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
> > >    /dev/snd/controlC0:  dudebro     952 F.... pulseaudio
> > >   CurrentDesktop: XFCE
> > >   Date: Mon Mar  9 14:18:05 2020
> > >   InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-01 (8 days ago)
> > >   InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
> > >   SourcePackage: pulseaudio
> > >   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> > >   dmi.bios.date: 03/09/2009
> > >   dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> > >   dmi.bios.version: F.42
> > >   dmi.board.name: 30B9
> > >   dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
> > >   dmi.board.version: 65.2C
> > >   dmi.chassis.type: 10
> > >   dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
> > >   dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> > >   dmi.modalias:
> > > dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.42:bd03/09/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv9000(GG548EA#UUW):pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30B9:rvr65.2C:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
> > >   dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV
> > >   dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv9000 (GG548EA#UUW)
> > >   dmi.product.sku: GG548EA#UUW
> > >   dmi.product.version: Rev 1
> > >   dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> > >   ---
> > >   ProblemType: Bug
> > >   ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.4
> > >   Architecture: amd64
> > >   AudioDevicesInUse:
> > >    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
> > >    /dev/snd/controlC0:  dudebro     952 F.... pulseaudio
> > >   CurrentDesktop: XFCE
> > >   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
> > >   InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-01 (11 days ago)
> > >   InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
> > >   Lsusb:
> > >    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
> > >    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> > >    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> > >   MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv9000 (GG548EA#UUW)
> > >   Package: pulseaudio 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.1
> > >   PackageArchitecture: amd64
> > >   ProcFB: 0 nouveaudrmfb
> > >   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.3.0-40-generic
> > > root=UUID=4916ba38-e9f5-413c-9659-4533b1bf5805 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> > >   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-40.32-generic 5.3.18
> > >   RelatedPackageVersions:
> > >    linux-restricted-modules-5.3.0-40-generic N/A
> > >    linux-backports-modules-5.3.0-40-generic  N/A
> > >    linux-firmware                            1.183.4
> > >   Tags:  eoan
> > >   Uname: Linux 5.3.0-40-generic x86_64
> > >   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> > >   UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
> > >   _MarkForUpload: True
> > >   dmi.bios.date: 03/09/2009
> > >   dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> > >   dmi.bios.version: F.42
> > >   dmi.board.name: 30B9
> > >   dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
> > >   dmi.board.version: 65.2C
> > >   dmi.chassis.type: 10
> > >   dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
> > >   dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> > >   dmi.modalias:
> > > dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.42:bd03/09/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv9000(GG548EA#UUW):pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30B9:rvr65.2C:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
> > >   dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV
> > >   dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv9000 (GG548EA#UUW)
> > >   dmi.product.sku: GG548EA#UUW
> > >   dmi.product.version: Rev 1
> > >   dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> > >   modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified]
> > >   mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2020-03-12T12:37:42.336643
> > >
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> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1866681/+subscriptions
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > : Kourosh: Taheri-Golvarzi
>
>
>
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> : Kourosh: Taheri-Golvarzi



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