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Lonnie Best
Asked: 2019-10-23 13:18:00 +0800 CST

Selected Sound Output Device Not Persisting Between Reboots in gnome-control-center

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Each time I reboot Ubuntu 19.10, I have to open gnome-control-center and set the sound output device back to my Laptop's Built-in speakers. Otherwise, it will typically default to DisplayPort devices that don't even have speakers.

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Which file are these settings saved to? I'm thinking that maybe that file is corrupted and that if I delete that file maybe Ubuntu 19.10 will start remembering my sound output preferences. I'm also open to other suggestions.

sound gnome pulseaudio gnome-control-center 19.10

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  1. Best Answer

    I have had the bug report suggestions setup this way for along time as sound is always routed to TV and I don't want it to switch to tinny laptop speakers.

    Use sudo -H gedit /etc/pulse/default.pa and find the lines:

    load-module module-switch-on-port-available
load-module module-switch-on-connect

    Change them to:

    #load-module module-switch-on-port-available
#load-module module-switch-on-connect

    Save the file and use: pulseaudio -k

    Note 1: It's been reported that plain sudo now performs like sudo -H in 19.04 but caution dictates using later method.

    Note 2: Earlier versions of Ubuntu will only have the first configuration line.

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