For me, deleting ~/.config/pulse did the trick. All external audio devices work again.
Hopefully it was just an upgrade issue that new installs won't hit?... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866194 Title: External audio device shows up in the sound output options but the sound keeps being emitted from the internal laptop speaker To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/1866194/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs