[USB-Audio - ALC4080] Front panel: Headphone output not working

[Gijs Peskens]

I have a MSI MAG X570s Torpedo MAX motherboard, which has an onboard 'Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller' (-> ALC4080 USB based audio chip) controller that has a weird mapping via USB audio (see bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206873 for a similar configuration).

Sound via line-out works fine without any interventions.

Headphone output however does not, while Ubuntu correctly detects the headphones as being plugged in when selected sound is still output via line-out, instead of via the front panel headphone jack-out.

After some debugging I figured the headphones are connected to a seperate Alsa device on the same card as the line-out.
Running 'pacmd load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:2,1' gives me a working audio output that plays just via the headphone out.

I guess a quirk needs to be written for the configuration.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-22.22-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC2: gijs 2129 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC2D1p: gijs 2129 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: gijs 2129 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Dec 13 09:28:19 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-06 (371 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Audio successful
Symptom_Card: USB Audio - USB Audio
Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful
Symptom_Type: Only some of outputs are working
Title: [USB-Audio - USB Audio, playback] Playback problem
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-09-28 (75 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/09/2021
dmi.bios.release: 5.17
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC.
dmi.bios.version: A.00
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MAG X570S TORPEDO MAX (MS-7D54)
dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInternational,LLC.:bvrA.00:bd07/09/2021:br5.17:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnMS-7D54:pvr1.0:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnMAGX570STORPEDOMAX(MS-7D54):rvr1.0:cvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr1.0:skuTobefilledbyO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: MS-7D54
dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Patrick Beckmann (patrickbeckmann23)]

I have a "MAG X570S TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI (MS-7D54)", which seems to be nearly identical except of WiFi and a M.2 cooler. On Ubuntu 22.04 the same problem exists. The above mentioned "pacmd" call works with that as well and allows front panel headphone audio, while running a similar command,
  pacmd load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:2,3
allows me to use the SPDIF. Thanks a lot for hint!

[bricobrac (bricobrac)]

I also have a MAG X570S TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI motherboard and am having the same problem.

For me, the card number seems to vary whenever I reboot, so I have to use a command like this

pacmd load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:`aplay -l | grep "USB Audio" | head -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 2 | cut -d ":" -f 1`,1

I have to run thie manually and running it automatically doesn't work. For example, it doesn't work properly in /etc/crontab or /etc/profile.d because pulse audio isn't loaded in time.

[Gijs Peskens (gijspeskens)]

Also affects Jammy. Unfortunately my work around script doesn't work anymore due to the Audio plumbing having been changed.

[chris freeman (clfreeman)]

I'm having this issue with an MPG x570s Carbon Max Wifi board. I am also using ubuntu 22.04 and know future versions of ubuntu will use pipewire. Is there a way to apply this workaround using pipewire/wireplumber?

[Guillermo Céspedes Tabárez (dertin)]

Hello, I have the same problem with Z690 AORUS ULTRA (rev. 1.x)

test it works
$ aplay -D plughw:`aplay -l | grep "USB Audio" | head -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 2 | cut -d ":" -f 1`,1 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

$ pacmd load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:`aplay -l | grep "USB Audio" | head -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 2 | cut -d ":" -f 1`,1

Is it possible to do some configuration so that this is fixed permanently?

[Gijs Peskens (gijspeskens)]

This is still affecting me @23.04 Lunar Lobster