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umpirsky
Asked: 2012-06-07 10:15:53 +0800 CST

Pulse Audio Volume Control Forgets Settings

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In Input Devices tab port is set to Line In, I change it to Front Microphone, but it always returns back to Line In after restart.

How can I change it permanently?

I guess the reason is that when system boots, mic is not plugged in front, so it switch it to back by default.

  • Removing the .pulse directory from my home directory didn't work

Some additional info:

$ pactl list sources https://gist.github.com/3914307

$ cat /etc/pulse/default.pa https://gist.github.com/3914316

$ arecord -L https://gist.github.com/3915130

$ pactl list sources https://gist.github.com/e6fa252686b4e4529032

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3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    After reviewing your pastebins and consulting with the folks in #pulseaudio here is what we will do. Open a terminal and type pactl list sources to verify that the Line In is the active port.

    Source #1
    State: SUSPENDED
    Name: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_07.0.analog-stereo
    Description: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo

--SNIP--

    Ports:
        analog-input-microphone-front: Front Microphone (priority: 8500, not available)
        analog-input-microphone-rear: Rear Microphone (priority: 8200, not available)
        analog-input-linein: Line In (priority: 8100, available)
    Active Port: analog-input-linein
    Formats:
        pcm

    Once that is verified, we are going to check to make sure we are able to set the port with the pacmd command. pacmd "set-source-port 1 analog-input-microphone-front" Run pactl list sources again to verify that the Front Panel is now active.

    Source #1
    State: SUSPENDED
    Name: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_07.0.analog-stereo

--SNIP--

    Ports:
        analog-input-microphone-front: Front Microphone (priority: 8500, not available)
        analog-input-microphone-rear: Rear Microphone (priority: 8200, not available)
        analog-input-linein: Line In (priority: 8100, available)
    Active Port: analog-input-microphone-front
    Formats:
        pcm

    If all was successful we can now put that at the end of your /etc/pulse/default.pa file as such:

    set-source-port 1 analog-input-microphone-front

    As a matter of interest though, you should be aware that PulseAudio is supposed to manage this for you. It should be switching to the Front Panel mic when it is inserted automatically (provided the hardware supports device detection).

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  2. This is a long shot but let's give it a try.

    First, install BUM (Boot-Up Manager). Once installed under System->Administration->BUM simply look for alsa-mixer-save. Tick that so that this service starts during the boot up. Furthermore, feel free to stop any superfluous services to speed up the system.

    Restart.

    Hopefully now it will save.

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    1. search in synaptic for "pulse" and "audio" and select packages that it is installed to reinstall and reinstall it.

    2. add you go to terminal and

      sudo adduser username audio

      sudo adduser username pulse

      sudo adduser username pulse-access

    3. adding access for everyone to those folder

    /usr/lib/pulse-2.0 /usr/lib/pulseaudio /etc/pulse /home/>username>/.pulse

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