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Whenever I resume my Ubuntu 17.04 from sleep the HDMI audio output is disabled, and audio has defaulted to the SP-DIF output. I always have to run pavucontrol or go into sound settings to re-select HDMI as the audio output. As this is a Home Theatre PC running Kodi this is a pain in the neck, as it can't be done using the IR remote. Is there any way that I can resolve this, either by disabling the SP-DIF output altogether or automatically selecting the HDMI audio device whenever resuming from sleep?

user1175461
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There is a complicated way of accomplishing this with udev rules, systemd service and suspend/resume hooks.

An easier way is to check this:

$ cat /etc/pulse/default.pa | grep switch-on-port-available
load-module module-switch-on-port-available

If the second line doesn't begin with a # (commented out) then edit the file and insert a # in the beginning.

Now all output will be controlled to what you manually set it to and stay there until you change it.

WinEunuuchs2Unix
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  • It was already commented out in my case, but running this command brings back the option ... "pulseaudio --kill" .... I hope it helps, Always trying to help, Mark – markackerman8-gmail.com Oct 02 '18 at 13:51
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For the benefit of anyone who hits this problem....Following advice given on another forum I upgraded my kernel from 4.10 to 4.15 and it seems to have fixed the problem.

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  • Ignore that - the problem has returned today :0( – Ian M Mar 20 '18 at 10:11
  • FWIW here's the link where I got the advice anyway...https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/comment/89613656#Comment_89613656 – Ian M Mar 20 '18 at 10:17
  • I tried editing default.pa, commenting out the "load-module module-switch-on-port-available" line. Now the HDMI audio is playing everything back weirdly slowly - at about a quarter of normal speed ??? – Ian M Mar 20 '18 at 15:50