Lenovo Y550P-4CWI is not available anymore, so I re-verified this issue on another laptop - Acer Aspire 7560G (Radeon HD 6620G+6650M). This time I tested with Kubuntu 18,10 daily image, instead of Kubuntu 17.10.
With Radeon driver digital output is disabled by default, so audio goes to internal audio adapter. Also when I enabled HDMI output manually in System Settings, it priority remain below internal audio adapter which is desired behaviour. Unfortunately, I can no longer verify if issue is present with nouveau, but let's hope it's fixed there too. For the time being, I close this report. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/606579 Title: Digital output has a higher priority than analog output Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: phonon Digital output (nVidia GT216M HDMI) has a higher priority than analog output (hda_codec: ALC272) in Ubuntu Maverick. In result after boot LiveCD/DVD on laptop (Lenovo Y550P-4CWI) user not hear any sound. Analog outputs should have higher priority by default. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/606579/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp