I followed the post @singrium made (How do you set a default audio output device in Ubuntu 18.04?) and it works. Almost...
On startup the computer defaults to the USB audio input/output from my dell dock no matter what I do. If I unplug the dock and plug it back in, the input/output devices are set as expected (internal speakers and mic). Is there a fix for startup? I'm using names in the default.pa.
Here are my sources:
pactl list short sources
1 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
2 alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
3 alsa_output.usb-Generic_USB_Audio_200901010001-00.HiFi__hw_Dock_1__sink.monitor module-alsa-card.c s24le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
4 alsa_output.usb-Generic_USB_Audio_200901010001-00.HiFi__hw_Dock__sink.monitor module-alsa-card.c s24le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
5 alsa_input.usb-Generic_USB_Audio_200901010001-00.HiFi__hw_Dock__source module-alsa-card.c s24le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
and sinks:
pactl list short sinks
1 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
2 alsa_output.usb-Generic_USB_Audio_200901010001-00.HiFi__hw_Dock_1__sinkmodule-alsa-card.c s24le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
3 alsa_output.usb-Generic_USB_Audio_200901010001-00.HiFi__hw_Dock__sink module-alsa-card.c s24le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
In /etc/pulse/default.pa I have commented out module-switch-on-port-available, and have this at the end:
#load-module module-switch-on-port-available
...
set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
set-default-source alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor
Thanks,
