Public bug reported: According to this page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sound#Primary_sound_output, "if you manually choose an output device in the “Sound” settings panel or a similar utility, that choice should be followed". Well, despite me having explicitly selected the headset as the output device, on every reboot it falls back to the HDMI device. The headset is always plugged in.
I believe this is a regression. On Ubuntu 19.04 and previous versions, it respected my preferences about the sound device. It is reproducible on both Xorg and Wayland sessions. Specs: OS: Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan (GNOME, Ubuntu sessions) Motherboard: Gigabyte B360M GAMING HD CPU: Intel Core i3-8100 Graphics: AMD RX 560 (AMDGPU, open source) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-19.20-generic 5.3.1 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Oct 21 12:49:52 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-21 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.1-1ubuntu1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eoan wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1849157 Title: Default sound output device is never the expected one To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1849157/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs