[Lenovo E220s] Per Audo Output Device Volume Controls Does Not Work

[Sos Oganessian]

While ubuntu can seemingly detect when I plug-in a pair of headphones or a microphone (or a combination unit in this specific case) and correctly reroute the audio input and output to the newly added points, it does not expose a "per jack" volume control.

The upshot is that I have to crank the volume up and down every time I plug in(or unplug) something. I know work has been done on this in the past, but it would appear that my specific configuration did not directly benefit.

What else can I provide to help remedy this situation?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 0/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: sos 1433 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: sos 1433 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xd1600000 irq 45'
   Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:14f1506e,17aa21e4,00100000 HDA:80862805,17aa21e4,00100000'
   Controls : 14
   Simple ctrls : 6
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 1
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Sat May 19 14:42:56 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/15/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8JET41WW (1.35 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 50382NU
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8JET41WW(1.35):bd02/15/2012:svnLENOVO:pn50382NU:pvrThinkPadEdgeE220s:rvnLENOVO:rn50382NU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 50382NU
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge E220s
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Sos Oganessian (sos-u)]

notice the "analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900, available: unknown)" below, that is what displays when the headphones are plugged in or not plugged in, so perhaps my jack sensing borked?

>>> 1 sink(s) available.
  * index: 0
 name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo>
 driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
 flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
 state: SUSPENDED
 suspend cause: IDLE
 priority: 9959
 volume: 0: 55% 1: 55%
         0: -15.66 dB 1: -15.66 dB
         balance 0.00
 base volume: 100%
              0.00 dB
 volume steps: 65537
 muted: no
 current latency: 0.00 ms
 max request: 0 KiB
 max rewind: 0 KiB
 monitor source: 0
 sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
 channel map: front-left,front-right
              Stereo
 used by: 0
 linked by: 0
 configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 371.52 ms
 card: 0 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0>
 module: 4
 properties:
  alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
  device.api = "alsa"
  device.class = "sound"
  alsa.class = "generic"
  alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
  alsa.name = "CONEXANT Analog"
  alsa.id = "CONEXANT Analog"
  alsa.subdevice = "0"
  alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
  alsa.device = "0"
  alsa.card = "0"
  alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
  alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xd1600000 irq 45"
  alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
  device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0"
  sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0"
  device.bus = "pci"
  device.vendor.id = "8086"
  device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
  device.product.name = "6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller"
  device.form_factor = "internal"
  device.string = "front:0"
  device.buffering.buffer_size = "65536"
  device.buffering.fragment_size = "32768"
  device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
  device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
  device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
  device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
  alsa.mixer_name = "Intel CougarPoint HDMI"
  alsa.components = "HDA:14f1506e,17aa21e4,00100000 HDA:80862805,17aa21e4,00100000"
  module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
  device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
 ports:
  analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900, available: unknown)
   properties:

 active port: <analog-output>

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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