I did some more investigation and found that without the workaround the analog output only appears while headphones are plugged in. The SPDIF output disappears while headphones are plugged in.
The bug has been submitted with this new information at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/issues/852
I did some more investigation and found that without the workaround the analog output only appears while headphones are plugged in. The SPDIF output disappears while headphones are plugged in.
The bug has been submitted with this new information at https:/ /gitlab. freedesktop. org/pulseaudio/ pulseaudio/ -/issues/ 852