[BUG] Unable to switch port on a card with multiple sinks/sources #107
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I'm having this same problem. Command: cat /proc/asound/cards Command: pacmd list-sinks |
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@paloha thanks for the detailed account of your research. There's a lot of stuff in the logs yet it's still a bit difficult to figure out where it goes wrong. I think we should first try to narrow the problem down as to where it arises, I have a strong suspicion that it has little to do with SSI but rather with PulseAudio. Also, I noticed that you provided a preferred profile for your output: Could you remove it from the port (set to As to why the playback stops, I think we can attribute it to the fact that the sink gets switched twice, first to Speakers and immediately after to HDMI3: Not sure why that happens, but it's very unlikely it's caused by the indicator. |
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@claudio4git thanks for confirming you have the same problem. @yktoo thanks for your reply. As per your recommendation, I have tried to remove the preferred profile from my speakers. I again added your ppa (I removed it after I submitted this issue a while ago) and installed the switcher according to https://yktoo.com/en/software/sound-switcher-indicator/ using the commands: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:yktooo/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-sound-switcherIn the Pulse Audio Volume Control > Configuration I have changed the Profile of Now the experiment:
At least now there is the an error listed in the log: The error made me notice an oddity - if I try to switch to a source other than the speakers, the switcher seems to work. E.g. I tried to switch to the Docking station headphones output and all worked as expected and while the video playback was on - no need to restart the video player or anything. The output from the terminal was this: If I try to select the speakers now during the playback I get the error again and the sound stays where it was active the last time. If I try to use the Ubuntu Sound Settings (USS) to set the speakers, they work, but I also noticed it again activates the If I try all this without the Dock connected, the output device in the USS changes to Do you please have any other suggestions? I really like the switcher and It would help me a lot if it would work. |
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There's a whole bunch of stuff going on in your post. Firstly, by removing the preferred profile I was referring to the SSI's port setting, which you find in the Preferences, not the profile you configure in PulseAudio (using PAVC or anything else): Secondly, when you set the actual profile to Off you effectively disable that device. But when you click a port menu item in SSI menu, the indicator tries to pick the most appropriate profile (or uses the preferred one, if configured), so I guess it then assigns a valid profile to the card from the Off value that you selected. So that's expected. Thirdly, this behaviour:
is apparently caused by My advice would be to remove any configuration of SSI ( |
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Hello @yktoo, thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I have run So now I change the output to the following sink The SSI still thinks the previous RODE-NT output is selected. Now I switch back to RODE-NT output using PAVC and this is the output of the SSI: Now I do the change to what appear in SSI as Now I change back to RODE-NT in SSI, sound works and this is the output of SSI: The Interestingly, in the preferences of SSI, it seems to me the "correct" sink for the speakers is not even listed, i.e. I do not see any Is there any chance SSI just somehow fails to properly map what in the SSI appears as "ports" to the correct sink? |
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Hello @yktoo, I was wondering if you had time to check my last comment. |
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I have the same problem... Unable to switch sound output. I used SSI on several computer, but installing it on my new computer, indicator just doesn't work... And it looks greyed out on indicator line. If I select another device nothing happens... And if I do refresh then it jumps back to "default" device... OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS When switch happens there is just one line there: Comparing to what other guys posted, they have multiple lines here... So I don't think actual switch is done... cat /proc/asound/cards pacmd list-sinks |
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Thanks for the input, I hope I nailed the problem. SSI might incorrectly handle stream mapping/switching in case a card has multiple sinks (or sources), which was your case too. It would erroneously grab the first stream on the card, and if it's a wrong one, it would assume a profile switching is necessary. On top of that it'd redundantly try to activate a profile when it's already active on the device. This is visible in the log you attached: on menu item click SSI requested PulseAudio to activate profile This must be fixed now. On a side note, I find PulseAudio's handling of profiles pretty unstable, it's very easy to screw up the entire sound system by switching profiles a few times. The only way to fix that afterwards is restarting the daemon with |
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@yktoo thank you very much for your time working on the issue. Can I help you check if the bug is resolved by installing and trying out the dev version? |
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@paloha Testing it would help indeed, please try installing from the |
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@yktoo I have just installed from the dev branch. I had to remove the I can confirm that the bug is resolved. |
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Thanks for testing, release will come shortly. |
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Released in 2.3.8. |
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Just wanted to mention that it really fixed the problem. Thank you!!!! |
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Describe the bug
I am not able to change the output device using the Switcher. The sound coming from the last selected device using the Ubuntu sound settings always stops after interacting with the Switcher. I have to restart the playback app only to get the output of the previously selected output device using the Ubuntu sound settings.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Experimenting with just the two output devices of my notebook
indicator-sound-switcher -vvand this is the output:Situation after connecting the Docking station with 2 additional sound output devices
Through the docking station, I have another two sound devices available. The docking station's headphones output and a RODE-NT USB microphone which has a headphones output for monitoring. All show up in the Switcher's menu.
If I connect the notebook to my docking station and set the output device in the Ubuntu sound settings to the speaker, after interacting with the Switcher the sound stops as usual, but now when I restart the player, the sound starts from the docking station headphones output. But I guess the reason for this is that I have set the Docking station's headphones as a fallback device in the PulseAudio Volume control. Anyways, the problem is the same for all output devices because I am not able to switch even to the RODE-NT USB output using the Switcher.
Expected behavior
I expect the Switcher to switch between my output devices successfully and seamlessly without me having to restart the playback app.
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Indicator log:
The output of the log is used in the "steps to reproduce" section
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List of my sound devices
cat /proc/asound/cards(when connected to the docking station):0 [sofhdadsp ]: sof-hda-dsp - sof-hda-dsp LENOVO-XXXXXXXXXX-ThinkPadX1Carbon7th 1 [NTUSB ]: USB-Audio - RODE NT-USB RODE Microphones RODE NT-USB at usb-0000:00:14.0-2.3.4, full speed 2 [Au ]: USB-Audio - ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen2 USB Au Lenovo ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen2 USB Au at usb-0000:00:14.0-2.3.3.2, full speedList of the sinks
pacmd list-sinks:5 sink(s) available. index: 15 name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__hw_sofhdadsp_5__sink> driver: <module-alsa-card.c> flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: IDLE suspend cause: (none) priority: 9037 volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB balance 0,00 base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 33,94 ms max request: 7 KiB max rewind: 7 KiB monitor source: 25 sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 1 configured latency: 40,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 341,00 ms card: 2 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic> module: 25 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "" alsa.id = "HDMI3 (*)" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "5" alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "sof-hda-dsp" alsa.long_card_name = "LENOVO-XXXXXXXXXX-ThinkPadX1Carbon7th" alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_skl_hda_dsp" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.id = "9dc8" device.product.name = "Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller" device.string = "hw:sofhdadsp,5" device.buffering.buffer_size = "65472" device.buffering.fragment_size = "16320" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "HiFi: hw:sofhdadsp,5: sink" device.profile.description = "HDMI3/DP3 Output" alsa.mixer_device = "hw:sofhdadsp" device.description = "Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller HDMI3/DP3 Output" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" ports: [Out] HDMI3: HDMI3/DP3 Output (priority 700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no) properties: active port: <[Out] HDMI3> index: 16 name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__hw_sofhdadsp_4__sink> driver: <module-alsa-card.c> flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: IDLE suspend cause: (none) priority: 9036 volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB balance 0,00 base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 38,92 ms max request: 7 KiB max rewind: 7 KiB monitor source: 26 sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 1 configured latency: 40,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 341,00 ms card: 2 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic> module: 25 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "" alsa.id = "HDMI2 (*)" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "4" alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "sof-hda-dsp" alsa.long_card_name = "LENOVO-XXXXXXXXXX-ThinkPadX1Carbon7th" alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_skl_hda_dsp" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.id = "9dc8" device.product.name = "Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller" device.string = "hw:sofhdadsp,4" device.buffering.buffer_size = "65472" device.buffering.fragment_size = "16320" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "HiFi: hw:sofhdadsp,4: sink" device.profile.description = "HDMI2/DP2 Output" alsa.mixer_device = "hw:sofhdadsp" device.description = "Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller HDMI2/DP2 Output" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" ports: [Out] HDMI2: HDMI2/DP2 Output (priority 600, latency offset 0 usec, available: no) properties: active port: <[Out] HDMI2> index: 17 name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__hw_sofhdadsp_3__sink> driver: <module-alsa-card.c> flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: IDLE suspend cause: (none) priority: 9035 volume: front-left: 78640 / 120% / 4,75 dB, front-right: 78640 / 120% / 4,75 dB balance 0,00 base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 39,57 ms max request: 7 KiB max rewind: 7 KiB monitor source: 27 sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 1 configured latency: 40,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 341,00 ms card: 2 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic> module: 25 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "" alsa.id = "HDMI1 (*)" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "3" alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "sof-hda-dsp" alsa.long_card_name = "LENOVO-XXXXXXXXXX-ThinkPadX1Carbon7th" alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_skl_hda_dsp" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.id = "9dc8" device.product.name = "Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller" device.string = "hw:sofhdadsp,3" device.buffering.buffer_size = "65472" device.buffering.fragment_size = "16320" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "HiFi: hw:sofhdadsp,3: sink" device.profile.description = "HDMI1/DP1 Output" alsa.mixer_device = "hw:sofhdadsp" device.description = "Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller HDMI1/DP1 Output" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" ports: [Out] HDMI1: HDMI1/DP1 Output (priority 500, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes) properties: device.product.name = "L2251p Wide" active port: <[Out] HDMI1> index: 18 name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__hw_sofhdadsp__sink> driver: <module-alsa-card.c> flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: IDLE suspend cause: (none) priority: 9032 volume: front-left: 41942 / 64% / -11,63 dB, front-right: 41942 / 64% / -11,63 dB balance 0,00 base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 39,45 ms max request: 7 KiB max rewind: 7 KiB monitor source: 28 sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 1 configured latency: 40,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 341,00 ms card: 2 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic> module: 25 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "" alsa.id = "HDA Analog (*)" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "sof-hda-dsp" alsa.long_card_name = "LENOVO-XXXXXXXXXX-ThinkPadX1Carbon7th" alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_skl_hda_dsp" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.id = "9dc8" device.product.name = "Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller" device.string = "hw:sofhdadsp" device.buffering.buffer_size = "65472" device.buffering.fragment_size = "16320" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "HiFi: hw:sofhdadsp: sink" device.profile.description = "Speaker + Headphones" alsa.mixer_device = "hw:sofhdadsp" device.description = "Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller Speaker + Headphones" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" ports: [Out] Speaker: Speaker (priority 100, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown) properties: [Out] Headphones: Headphones (priority 200, latency offset 0 usec, available: no) properties: active port: <[Out] Speaker> * index: 20 name: <alsa_output.usb-Lenovo_ThinkPad_USB-C_Dock_Gen2_USB_Audio_000000000000-00.analog-stereo> driver: <module-alsa-card.c> flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: IDLE suspend cause: (none) priority: 9049 volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB balance 0,00 base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 40,53 ms max request: 6 KiB max rewind: 6 KiB monitor source: 33 sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 1 configured latency: 40,00 ms; range is 0,50 .. 2000,00 ms card: 8 <alsa_card.usb-Lenovo_ThinkPad_USB-C_Dock_Gen2_USB_Audio_000000000000-00> module: 35 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "USB Audio" alsa.id = "USB Audio" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "2" alsa.card_name = "ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen2 USB Au" alsa.long_card_name = "Lenovo ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen2 USB Au at usb-0000:00:14.0-2.3.3.2, full speed" alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:2.3.3.2:1.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3/1-2.3.3/1-2.3.3.2/1-2.3.3.2:1.0/sound/card2" udev.id = "usb-Lenovo_ThinkPad_USB-C_Dock_Gen2_USB_Audio_000000000000-00" device.bus = "usb" device.vendor.id = "17ef" device.vendor.name = "Lenovo" device.product.id = "a396" device.product.name = "ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen2 USB Audio" device.serial = "Lenovo_ThinkPad_USB-C_Dock_Gen2_USB_Audio_000000000000" device.string = "front:2" device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800" device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "analog-stereo" device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo" device.description = "ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen2 USB Audio Analog Stereo" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb" ports: analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown) properties: active port: <analog-output>Last notes: after installing the Switcher I have restarted my computer. Also I have installed the Switcher on my desktop pc with the same OS and all works as expected.
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