You have been subscribed to a public bug: As currently setup in Ubuntu 16.04, when an audio device connects via bluetooth, it starts being used by programs automatically. However, the sound applet still "points to" the previously selected audio output. Therefore, changing the volume has no immediate audible effect.
The way to change that, currently, is to go to Sound settings, select the bluetooth device as current output (again?), and then the volume will change. I would expect that, when a bluetooth device is connected, it starts being used *and* changing the volume immediately will affect the bluetooth device. I googled a bit, and people have suggested [1] that the file /etc/pulse/default.pa should contain load-module module-switch-on- connect before the volume is restored. My installation does not have that line, but it does have: ### Should be after module-*-restore but before module-*-detect load-module module-switch-on-port-available According to [1], this should be listed in that file *before* the aforementioned module-*-restore lines. [1] https://askubuntu.com/questions/233277/when-a-bluetooth-audio- device-auto-connects-volume-settings-wont-work-until-i-m ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Sound applet reflects volume of different device when bluetooth device auto-connects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
