[USB-Audio - Logitech USB Headset, playback] Can not set USB headset as active device for playback and recording in sound settings, after upgrade

[Alexey Shumitsky]

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 beta 2.

When USB headset is plugged in it appears as device in the lists of output and input devices in Sound Settings dialog. However selecting it does nothing, sound is still played through sound card output. This used to work with previous release.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: alexeys 2220 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: alexeys 2220 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xc9400000 irq 52'
   Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0275,104d5c00,00100008 HDA:80862805,104d5000,00100000'
   Controls : 27
   Simple ctrls : 11
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Headset'/'Logitech Logitech USB Headset at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.3, full speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB046d:0a14'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 2
Date: Wed Apr 18 22:56:55 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Headset successful
Symptom_Card: Logitech USB Headset - Logitech USB Headset
Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test failed
Symptom_Type: None of the above
Title: [USB-Audio - Logitech USB Headset, playback] Playback problem
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-18 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/16/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: R2085H4
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrR2085H4:bd11/16/2011:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCSE1E1E:pvrC609L3RC:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VPCSE1E1E
dmi.product.version: C609L3RC
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Please start a verbose pulseaudio log, plug the USB in, and try to select it/play something through it: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log

[Alexey Shumitsky (alexey-shumitsky)]

For some unknown reason it started to work today. I will mark this bug as "invalid".

[Stephen Birch (sgbirch)]

doesnt work for me, log attached

[Andreas Pokorny (andreas-pokorny)]

Had the same issue today when upgrading from utopic to vivid

[Andreas Pokorny (andreas-pokorny)]

The issue disappeared after removing ~/.config/pulse and rebooting twice.

[Andreas Pokorny (andreas-pokorny)]

I doubt that the error is invalid, there seems to be an issue with upgrading.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for pulseaudio (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]