[Dell Inspiron 1525] Pulse audio update made internal speakers as Dummy Output

[Rajasekharan N]

I had already reported bug #1876238 where internal speakers are not detected but shown as Dummy Output after upgrading Ubuntu from 19.10 to 20.04 LTS Focal.

It was solved by this patch: https://launchpad.net/~kaihengfeng/+archive/ubuntu/fix-lp1869819

The current PulseAudio update today reversed that again. Internal speakers are not being detected and are shown as Dummy Output.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: raj 2016 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed May 13 09:02:53 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-20 (1239 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/27/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A13
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA13:bd06/27/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1525:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Inspiron
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1525
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

See bug 1876065.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I think that might make this a duplicate of bug 1876065, whose posed fix got clobbered and lost today.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Bug 1876065 is now reopened for focal so let's use that.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

It was a regression in an update, not in the release.

[Rajasekharan N (rajasekharan)]

To anyone landing on this page:

Current version is pulseaudio 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2.

There is a fix/patch in this PPA that you can use it for now until the next update/release (Version: pulseaudio 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2lp1869819):

https://launchpad.net/~kaihengfeng/+archive/ubuntu/fix-lp1869819