Public bug reported:

I'm suffering from a series of audio bugs so I'll try my best to
explain.

Out of the box, the output device in GNOME setting is listed as Kaby
Lake something or other. It works in 20.04 but the headset microphone
isn't detected.

In 18.04 the audio didn't work at all, which required me to use this
workaround in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf from
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-osp1/+bug/1864061:

options snd-hda-intel dmic_detect=0

The headset microphone still doesn't seem to be detected, but at least
the output device has a more understandable name ("Headphones - Built-in
Audio").

Yesterday I ran across this workaround in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
from https://askubuntu.com/a/1233446/18665:

options snd-hda-intel model=alc233-eapd

Now I get a popup every time I plug in my headset, which allows me to
choose whether or not I plugged in headphones or a headset. Great!
Unfortunately, even if I explicitly choose Headset, the input device is
not set to the microphone of my headset.

Thankfully the microphone of my headset is detected in the Gnome sound
settings, so my workflow looks like this:

1. Plug in headset
2. When popup shows click Sound Settings
3. Manually set Input Device to Headset Microphone - Built-in Audio

The primary difference between headphones and a headset, so I would
expect that if I click Headset, the Gnome Input Device would be set to
my headset's microphone. I can't see any other reason why the system
would ask me which I'd plugged in. Am I missing something?

In the meantime I'll try yet another workaround such as
https://askubuntu.com/a/1229519/18665

Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.36.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59-generic 5.4.65
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Nov 24 08:44:36 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-16 (252 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 
(20200203.1)
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-25 (182 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.default.apport:
 # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
 # you can temporarily override this with
 # sudo service apport start force_start=1
 enabled=0
mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2020-04-24T09:20:26.481270

** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

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  Choosing Headset in Select Audio Device doesn't set input device

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