I may have to, because it's even registering output changes on a reinstall. I reedited those pulse audio files to change the number of speakers, but that didn't help either, so I did a reinstall. I usually try to avoid that. Thanks for the assistance.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734503 Title: In Xfce, Gnome3, Ubuntu Studio, and Mate Desktop the pulse audio gui application is corrupted, I can't switch outputs. Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS 1.8.0 I expected to be able to switch to different outputs of my sound hardware. That list is gone and all I have is a volume circle knob. This doesn't effect the cinnamon DE but it does effect Gnome3, Mate, Xfce, and Xfce ubuntu studio edition. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-40.44~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-40-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon Date: Sat Nov 25 22:12:43 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-29 (57 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/07/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.60 dmi.board.name: Z87-M8 dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.60:bd11/07/2013:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnZ87-M8:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. modified.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: 2017-10-18T18:43:48.348315 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1734503/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp