Lennart Poettering wrote: > On Sun, 04.10.09 01:30, Przemek Rudy (prudy1 at o2.pl) wrote: > > >> Hi, >> It is possible to select manually between "Output Analog Stereo" and >> "Output Digital Stereo (IEC958)". Before moving to pulse audio (using >> pure alsa only system) the sound was automatically redirected to the >> right output, i.e.: >> - to the laptop front speakers when optical mini-jack was unplugged >> - to the optical line when it was inserted >> >> Is there any way to switch the used configuration profile automatically >> when the optical plug is inserted/removed? >> > > Yes, jack sensing support in PA is planned. Unfortunately support for > jack sensing in the drivers is still lacking. Some drivers do support > it, unfortunately none of the ones I use. > > Also the semantics and apis for jack sensing in the lower layers are > still very much in flux. The current API is based around input > devices, and there has been some work in using normal ALSA controls > instead. Also, the naming of the devices is not really standardized so > it is hard to figure our which profile to activate when something is > sensed. > > So in summary: this is definitely planned, but I haven't started > working on that. The lower layers are not really ready yet. And It's > unlikely that I'll start working on this before either AD198x or > ALC889A (the two HDA implementations that I have here) gain jack > sensing support in ALSA. > > Lennart > > Hi Lennart It is good to hear it is planned. I can confirm that for the hda-intel the jack plug was detected and output was redirected automatically using pure alsa. Thanks Przemek
