Output switches from HDMI speakers to internal speakers on DPMS off

Backport from PulseAudio 9.0:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/commit/?id=04040c522f5f62dda50ac927e92453381d419f09

Backport from PulseAudio 9.0:
https://github.com/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/commit/23c15c3b52a958887c1f8cad3c94879a8770ef0e

This patch needs to be refreshed, due to the previous two patches.

I added the quilt patches that need to be added on top of the current xenial-proposed. (Sorry if this is not the best way to present them, my "how to contribute to Ubuntu" is a bit rusty.)

I already tested them as follows:

(1) Play some music through speakers connected through an HDMI display.

(2) type `xset dpms force off`

(3) Move mouse to bring screen back up.

Before patch: music plays in internal speaker, even after display wakes up

After patch: music plays in HDMI speaker after display wakes up

Let me know if I can somehow help to push this into xenial-proposed.

Thanks very much for doing the leg work for this. Once pulseaudio in xenial-proposed gets pushed to updates, which should be very soon, I will do the necessary work to sponsor this and get it into Xenial.

Thanks again.

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 12:58:14AM AEDT, Cristian Klein wrote:
> (1) Alice listens to music on her speakers, which are connected to the
> screen, which is connected through HDMI to the computer.
>
> (2) Alice leaves the computer, the screen gets suspended (DPMS off).
>
> (3) PulseAudio sees that the HDMI output got disconnected (although only
> for a short interval) and switches to internal speaker.

Ok, with a fresh Xenial install, I don't seem to get this behavior. I have tested with 2 different monitors, both different brands from each other. I set the HDMI audio out as the output, start playing audio, and let the screen turn off and/or run xset dpms force off. In either case, audio stops playing, but does not switch to another device. When I press a key and the screen turns back on, the music resumes playback on the monitor's speakers.

I should note that I've also tested this on 3 different machines, 2 that were also connected to speakers via 3.5mm analog jack, and another via S/PDIF.

Am I missing something?

Could you tell me exactly which pulseaudio package you used? I could try to
re-reproduce the bug on my end.

2016-11-24 2:51 GMT+01:00 Luke Yelavich <email address hidden>:

> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 12:58:14AM AEDT, Cristian Klein wrote:
> > (1) Alice listens to music on her speakers, which are connected to the
> > screen, which is connected through HDMI to the computer.
> >
> > (2) Alice leaves the computer, the screen gets suspended (DPMS off).
> >
> > (3) PulseAudio sees that the HDMI output got disconnected (although only
> > for a short interval) and switches to internal speaker.
>
> Ok, with a fresh Xenial install, I don't seem to get this behavior. I
> have tested with 2 different monitors, both different brands from each
> other. I set the HDMI audio out as the output, start playing audio, and
> let the screen turn off and/or run xset dpms force off. In either case,
> audio stops playing, but does not switch to another device. When I press
> a key and the screen turns back on, the music resumes playback on the
> monitor's speakers.
>
> I should note that I've also tested this on 3 different machines, 2 that
> were also connected to speakers via 3.5mm analog jack, and another via
> S/PDIF.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1641954
>
> Title:
> Output switches from HDMI speakers to internal speakers on DPMS off
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+
> bug/1641954/+subscriptions
>

I was using 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1.

I just downgraded to 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1:

> sudo apt-get install --allow-downgrades pulseaudio=1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1
libpulse0=1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1 pulseaudio-utils=1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1
pulseaudio-module-x11=1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1 libpulsedsp=1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth=1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1
libpulse-mainloop-glib0=1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1 libpulse0:i386=1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1

I can reliably reproduce the bug. The output switches to "Speakers /
Build-in Audio" on DPMS off and does not get restored on DPMS on.

Not sure how to progress here. Shall I send you a video reproducing the
bug? Some pulseaudio tables / logs?

2016-11-29 9:10 GMT+01:00 Luke Yelavich <email address hidden>:

> I was using 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1641954
>
> Title:
> Output switches from HDMI speakers to internal speakers on DPMS off
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+
> bug/1641954/+subscriptions
>

Probably logs would be best, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log.

Please find the log attached. I did the following:

(1) Started an audio client
(2) xset dpms force off
(3) Moved mouse, i.e., display back on
(4) Manually set output to HDMI

Let me know if there is anything else I can help with.

Hello Cristian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted pulseaudio into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

I just tested the package from xenial-proposed and can confirm that it
fixes the original bug.

Thanks!

2017-01-06 1:20 GMT+01:00 Brian Murray <email address hidden>:

> Hello Cristian, or anyone else affected,
>
> Accepted pulseaudio into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and
> be available at
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2 in a
> few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
>
> Please help us by testing this new package. See
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
> enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update
> out to other Ubuntu users.
>
> If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
> mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
> from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
> bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
> verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help
> us make a better decision.
>
> Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in
> advance!
>
> ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Fix Released
>
> ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu Xenial)
> Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
>
> ** Tags added: verification-needed
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1641954
>
> Title:
> Output switches from HDMI speakers to internal speakers on DPMS off
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+
> bug/1641954/+subscriptions
>

This bug was fixed in the package pulseaudio - 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2

---------------
pulseaudio (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2) xenial; urgency=medium

  * 0101-card-add-preferred-input-output-port.patch,
    0102-switch-on-port-available-prefer-ports-that-have-been.patch,
    0103-card-Add-hook-before-profile-changes.patch:
    - Backport from upstream to fix a bug in PulseAudio 8 where audio switches
      to another audio device when an HDMI monitor goes to sleep, thanks to
      Cristian Klein <email address hidden> for the backport (LP: #1641954)

 -- Luke Yelavich <email address hidden> Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:16:59 +1100

The verification of the Stable Release Update for pulseaudio has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.