Bug 444562

Summary:	There's no audio in the headsets when plugged after muted laptop's integrated speakers.
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Washington <wguerrero42>
Component:	kcm_pulseaudio	Assignee:	David Rosca <nowrep>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.23.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Scrr Headphone jack and built-in speakers appears as one device

Description Washington 2021-10-28 19:49:47 UTC

SUMMARY

There's no audio in the headset when plugged after laptop's integrated speakers are muted. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Mute integrated laptop speakers 
2. Plug headset
3. Headphones are muted until I press Volume widget

Linux/KDE Plasma: 5.23
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.87.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-10-28 21:03:48 UTC

Is your system using PulseAudio or PipeWire?

Does the headphone jack show up as a separate device in the System Settings Audio Volume page, or does it appear as a separate port of the device for the built-in speakers? If unsure, attach a screenshot of the System Settings Audio Volume page.

Comment 2 Washington 2021-10-28 21:18:11 UTC

Created attachment 142980 [details]
Scrr

Comment 3 Washington 2021-10-28 21:18:28 UTC

Here's the screenshot.

Comment 4 Washington 2021-10-28 22:04:51 UTC

Created attachment 142982 [details]
Headphone jack and built-in speakers appears as one device

Headphone jack and built-in speakers appears as one device, I did notice if I plug and unplug the headphone jack at least three times, Audio settings lose track of the device status, it is fixed when the windows is reopened.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2021-10-29 15:23:04 UTC

Thank you. Are you using PulseAudio or PipeWire?

Comment 6 Washington 2021-10-29 15:57:11 UTC

From the command line, I can tell I'm using PulseAudio.

ps -e | grep pulseaudio
3434 ?        00:00:04 pulseaudio

Comment 7 Nate Graham 2021-10-29 16:00:51 UTC

Thanks. This is an audio subsystem bug, so please report it to the PulseAudio folks at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/issues.

Alternatively, you could try upgrading to PipeWire, which generally works better and is supported in Plasma.