On Wed, 2012-11-14 at 13:19 +0800, Raymond Yau wrote: > > > ports: > > > analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900, available: unknown) > > > properties: > > > analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, available: yes) > > > properties: > > > active port: <analog-output-headphones> > > > > > > At the bottom you can see the "Analog Output" has it's available > > > status set to "unknown", what does this mean & how do I get rid of it? > > > > It means that pulseaudio doesn't know if the port is available or not. > > That's not generally something to worry about - you can try to activate > > the port to see if it works or not, the "unknown" state only means that > > pulseaudio doesn't know if it works or not. > > > But most PCI sound cards does not support jack detection and the major > problem is they cannot be selected in sound preference anymore since > pulseaudio 2.0 Which application do you mean by "sound preference"? If "unknown" ports can not be chosen, that's a bug in the "sound preference" application. -- Tanu
