Oh, thanks for the hint. I didn't know that this module was loaded. But then the behavior of the module-switch-on-connect module is somehow inconsistent. The USB headset is always attached to the computer (wireless USB receiver) so there should be no reason that pulse should select that one over the onboard sink (considering that I had selected the onboard sink as default before). Also network sinks should not really be preferred via that module (that just doesn't seem right to me).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773549 Title: Pulse audio does not remember default sink Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: It seems like pulseaudio is picking the wrong audio sink as a default in different scenarios. On my computer I have the default onboard Intel HDA audio as well as a USB headset. On the network, there is one pulse instance advertising itself. I always set the onboard audio as the default audio sink. However, after every reboot or resume or `pulseaudio -k`, the wrong sink is picked (and the one I set previously is *not* picked). When I enable discovery of remote pulse instances, sometimes the one on my network is picked as default, but sometimes my headset is picked instead of the onboard sink. Then again, if I disable discovery sometimes the onboard sink gets picked as default. There seems to be no clear pattern on when it selects what. I have even entered the following in /etc/pulse/default.pa: set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo set-default-source alsa_input.usb-SteelSeries_SteelSeries_Arctis_7-00.analog-mono But this doesn't have any effect at all. I also noticed that *sometimes*, pulse updates the file at `~/.config/pulse/f8a78acf499a402aa80f90af9ef5c15c-default-sink` to point to the correct audio sink that I selected in `pavucontrol`, but not always. Even if I write to that file manually to select a default sink, the file gets overwritten by pulse on the next start with the default sink that it chose. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:11.1-1ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: devkid 3487 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC2: devkid 3487 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: devkid 3487 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: devkid 3487 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Sat May 26 17:07:55 2018 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pulseaudio SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/07/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V2.13 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV2.13:bd03/07/2014:svnMSI:pnMS-7758:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnZ77A-G43(MS-7758):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.name: MS-7758 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2018-05-26T17:01:12.271701 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1773549/+subscriptions -- 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
