Edit: the issue seems to also affect 18.04.
I have this issue since 15.10, but it started to really grind my gears after making an upgrade to 16.04.
Let's say that I have headphones plugged in. I reboot\relog on\boot to ubuntu, and play the music. It comes out of the built in speakers instead of headphones.
I can see that the headphones are detected inside the audio settings menu, but only after I change the device or replug my headphones do they work.
This was easier to ignore on 15.10, because back then, after a startup, everything was muted. Headphones and speakers, if headphones were present before the said startup.
I would add logs to the question, but I don't really know which, or how to get them (I'm open for suggestions). The problem occurs on a Dell Inspiron 3537 laptop, it has a Realtek soundcard inside.
It has one output jack on the side, that acts as both an input and an output.
Output of pacmd listcards
2 card(s) available.
index: 0
name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_03.0>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
owner module: 6
properties:
alsa.card = "0"
alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel HDMI"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel HDMI at 0xc0810000 irq 49"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:03.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "8086"
device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
device.product.id = "0a0c"
device.product.name = "Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller"
device.form_factor = "internal"
device.string = "0"
device.description = "Wbudowany dźwięk"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
profiles:
output:hdmi-stereo: Wyjście Digital Stereo (HDMI) (priority 5400, available: unknown)
output:hdmi-surround: Wyjście Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) (priority 300, available: unknown)
output:hdmi-surround71: Wyjście Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) (priority 300, available: unknown)
output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Wyjście Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) (priority 5200, available: unknown)
output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Wyjście Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) (priority 100, available: unknown)
output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Wyjście Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) (priority 100, available: unknown)
output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Wyjście Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) (priority 5200, available: unknown)
output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Wyjście Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) (priority 100, available: unknown)
output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Wyjście Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) (priority 100, available: unknown)
off: Wyłączone (priority 0, available: unknown)
active profile: <output:hdmi-stereo>
sinks:
alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo/#0: Wbudowany dźwięk Digital Stereo (HDMI)
sources:
alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo.monitor/#0: Monitor of Wbudowany dźwięk Digital Stereo (HDMI)
ports:
hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
index: 1
name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
owner module: 7
properties:
alsa.card = "1"
alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xc0814000 irq 48"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "8086"
device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
device.product.id = "9c20"
device.product.name = "8 Series HD Audio Controller"
device.form_factor = "internal"
device.string = "1"
device.description = "Wbudowany dźwięk"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
profiles:
input:analog-stereo: Wejście Analogowe stereo (priority 60, available: unknown)
output:analog-stereo: Wyjście Analogowe stereo (priority 6000, available: unknown)
output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analogowy dupleks stereo (priority 6060, available: unknown)
off: Wyłączone (priority 0, available: unknown)
active profile: <output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo>
sinks:
alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo/#1: Wbudowany dźwięk Analogowe stereo
sources:
alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor/#1: Monitor of Wbudowany dźwięk Analogowe stereo
alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo/#2: Wbudowany dźwięk Analogowe stereo
ports:
analog-input-internal-mic: Wewnętrzny mikrofon (priority 8900, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
analog-input-headphone-mic: Mikrofon (priority 8700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
analog-input-headset-mic: Mikrofon na słuchawkach (priority 8700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
analog-output-speaker: Głośniki (priority 10000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
analog-output-headphones: Słuchawki (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
rm -rf ~/.pulse ~/.config/pulse
before all else. This makes PA use default settings. Does the problem persist?pacmd list-cards
?