Bug 429388

Summary:	Audio not always detected when sound output device is plugged in
Product:	[KDE Neon] neon	Reporter:	Franco Pellegrini <francogpellegrini>
Component:	Packages User Edition	Assignee:	Neon Bugs <neon-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	jr, nate, neon-bugs-null, plasma-bugs-null, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=499605
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Franco Pellegrini 2020-11-20 11:02:45 UTC

SUMMARY
If I boot without any speakers or headphones connected, audio widget is OFF as espected, but if I connect some headphones, it does not turn ON. The only way to speakers or headphones to be detected is to be plugged in before boot


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. unplug all audio output devices before boot
2. boot and login
3. connect some headphones

OBSERVED RESULT
Audio widget is in OFF state, and internal audio profiles are empty

EXPECTED RESULT
Audio widget change state to ON.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.20
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.75.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1
Kernel Version: 5.4.0-54-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 6 × Intel® Core™ i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz
Memory: 22.9 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 630

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-11-20 19:59:24 UTC

I strongly suspect that this is going to wind up either being an issue in PulseAudio, or a conflict between PulseAudio and PipeWire.

Moving to Neon for further triage.