It sounds like we might be able to drop module-switch-on-connect in future, as PulseAudio 11.0 solves the same problem by default: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/11.0/
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1702794 Title: Automatically switch audio devices on connection Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: This way once a user pairs & connects a bluetooth speaker device pulseaudio will auto switch to it. As it stands now users have to open sound settings & switch manually. It's bad enough that auto discover & connect don't work, (can be scripted thru bluetoothctl), no sense adding to frustration In the ### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware section .ifexists module-switch-on-connect.so load-module module-switch-on-connect .endif ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-56.61~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-56-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: doug 1843 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: doug 1843 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Jul 6 20:02:15 2017 SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/18/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 74CN44WW(V3.05) dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.board.name: VIQY0Y1 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 31900058STD dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr74CN44WW(V3.05):bd09/18/2013:svnLENOVO:pn20217:pvrLenovoIdeaPadY510P:rvnLENOVO:rnVIQY0Y1:rvr31900058STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoIdeaPadY510P: dmi.product.name: 20217 dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2017-07-04T13:42:27.651527 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1702794/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp