[Gnome 3.10] Automatically switch audio output device

Hi guys,
(first post! )
I just installed Arch linux + gnome. During the installation progress as described in the wiki, I skipped "unmuting channels" because I wasn't sure if it's necessary for use with gnome. And sound output works indeed out-of-the-box but there is one issue:
When I choose "Speakers - Built-in Audio" as output device (in system settings), it works fine. But whenever I connect my thinkpad to a docking station with external speakers, I have to manually switch to "Analog Output - Built-in Audio". How can I tell gnome to switch automatically when connected to external speakers?
Thanks for your help!

custo wrote:How can I mark the thread as solved?
Just edit your first post and change the title

Similar Messages

  • Switching audio output device without pulseaudio

    I frequently use a USB sound card with a pair of headphones, which had been playing nicely with Gnome and Pulseaudio. Gnome provides a GUI to switch between output devices which seems to work well, but requires Pulseaudio. Long story short, I'm in the middle of switching away from Gnome to a lighter WM setup and I have everything working but am not able to figure out how to switch between sound cards on the fly. I don't want to keep a bunch of Gnome dependencies just for this.
    I tried a "slots" configuration (http://alsa.opensrc.org/MultipleCards#T … .22_method) which set my USB card to slot 0 and my built in Intel audio to slot 1. This got my USB card working when it's plugged in, but now I get no sound at all when it's unplugged. I've checked the volume settings with "alsamixer -c 1" and everything is unmuted and loud, but still nothing.
    Shouldn't the system fall back on card 1 if card 0 is unplugged? How can I make this happen?
    Thanks.

    GogglesGuy wrote:I use asoundconf: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23382
    That still requires restarting running applications for the change to take effect, no?

  • Pulseaudio not automatically switching between output devices

    I am using a laptop and I have 3 different output devices on my machine. I have 2 regular output jacks, and a speaker. Whenever I plug-in a headset, pulseaudio happily keeps sending all audio to the speakers. I then have to open pavucontrol and manually switch my output device. This bug does not occur on OpenSUSE or Ubuntu.
    Does anyone have any idea about how to fix this?
    Mu pulseaudio configuration files are untouched:
    /etc/pulse/client:conf http://pastie.org/private/t6sjcou1w90dcey73zpveg
    /etc/pulse/daemon.conf http://pastie.org/private/mcmymrx85vuq8l8cmjyjow

    The first troubleshooting step for any kind of network "issue" is a complete power cycle of the network. This gives everything a "fresh start" with new connections.
    Power off the entire network.....all devices....in any order you want
    Wait a minute or two
    Start the modem/router first, and let it run a full minute
    Start the AirPort Extreme next and let it run a full minute
    Keep starting devices one at a time about a minute apart until the entire network is back up
    Check the network again with the MBA and report on your results
    Do not worry about the iPhone and iPad....they are pretty much hopeless as far as automatically switching from one access point to another....but the MBA should if it is working correctly.

  • HELP ASAP! no audio output device installed with hp pavilion dv2500

    product name: hp pavilion dv2000
    model number: dv2710us
    product number:2CE75228LJ
    windows vista home premium 32bit
    my hp keeps telling that  have no audio output device installed and theres the the image for volume with a large red circle with a white x in it.
    this is not true because i have contexant  (i think that's what it is called) speakers installed.
    Lately when i would restart my computer the sound would work intermittently but for the past two days whether i restart my computer or not the image for volume with a large red circle with a white x in it is still there and says no audio output device installed. PLEASE HELP!
    This question was solved.
    View Solution.

    Hi, you can try the below steps to resolve the issue :
    Step 1 : Re-install audio drivers from HP Recovery Manager.
    1. Click Start, in the Start search box, type recovery . Then click Recovery Manager .
    2. In the Recovery Manager window that displays, click Next. On the Reinstall software programs that came with your computer screen, click No, I would like to see other options . Then click Next .
    3. In the Reinstall hardware drivers screen, click Yes . Then click Next. On the Welcome to Hardware Driver Reinstaller screen, click Next .
    4. In the driver list, select the name of the sound adapter installed on the system. Then click Next. When complete, the Reinstallation is complete screen displays. Click Finish to restart the computer. After the computer starts, test for sound. If the issue persists perform step 2.
    Step 2 : Re-install audio drivers manually
    If there is no sound and the error still displays, update the audio driver from the weblink below :
    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-63129-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&...
    Step 3 : Restart the Windows Audio Service.
    1. Click Start , type services.msc into the search field, and then select services.msc from the list when it becomes available to open the Programs window.
    2. Scroll down to and select Windows Audio , right-click to open the drop-down menu, and then click Start .
    3. Right-click Windows Audio , click Properties , and then verify that Startup Type is set to Automatic .
    Restart the Notebook and check for the issue.
    ****Click the White Kudos star to say thanks****
    ****Please mark Accept As Solution if it solves your problem****

  • Help Please!! no audio output device installed?

    Hi. I have a satellite A215-S4757 last night I installed some windows updats  went to bed because it was going to take awhile. When I got it had finished and was in sleep mode. When I turned it on I noticed the sound was on mute. Or I thought it was. When I attempted to turn the sound on I recieved the message "No audio output device installed". I updated BIOs 2.30 but that didnt work. If anyone could help me out I would greatly appreciate it!
    Thanks

    Try this!  Looks like you have Realtek audio.  I was having the same problem until I installed the updated Realtek driver directly from Realtek site.
    As many users have posted, I was having this problem with my Satellite L505-S5990. I tried most of the suggestions I could find here and on the 'net to no avail. I was surprised to see that this problem affected many laptop brands - even as far back as Windows XP!!
    Last week I think I finally found the answer (or at least Realtek did). My laptop has Realtek HD audio, and the drivers that came with laptop seemed to be the culprit. I checked the Realtek site last week, and they have an updated driver, dated 3/30/2010, for Windows 7 as well as other versions of Windows. It is Version 2.46.
    I downloaded and installed these drivers, switched back to going into sleep mode rather than hibernate and - so far - the computer wakes from sleep with sound intact!!!
    Hopefully these drivers will work for others.

  • Hi there, can anyone tell me how to make make Garageband ignore HDMI as an audio output-device on a 2013 Mac Mini? Now it keeps on prompting me: Do you want want to use the HDMI device (monitor without audio) for audio output? Thanks in advance, Grtz T.

    Hi there,
    Can anyone tell me how to make make Garageband ignore HDMI as an audio output-device on a 2013 Mac mini i7 using an Apogee jam as an input for bass and a Behringer USB DAC with RCA audio output? Now it keeps on prompting me: Do you want want to use the HDMI device (monitor without audio) for audio output? I'm also suffering massive audio lag issues with the Apogee jam after waking the mini from sleepmode, wich pretty much renders it useless.
    Thanks in advance,
    Grtz T.

    I think the easiest way to do this is to have the EyeTV app running in one user account and sent via HDMI to the TV, and use a separate user account for Screen Sharing. Both logins can be active at the same time and with Lion you can connect via screen sharing to which ever login you need.
    With regards to the Mac video resolution changing, when it is not the current input on your AV receiver. This is 'normal', if the Mac sees no signal it drops down the a lower level. What you need is to buy a HDMI Detective Plus which tricks the Mac in to always seeing a signal and hence it will not drop down the resolution. See http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=8005
    The Mac mini does have an IR receiver. This can be used with the EyeTV app, iTunes, and similar. Yes I believe EyeTV would run for prolonged periods quite happily, it is has been around for a long time and had most of the rough edges polished off. However one issue you will have to deal with is that it does not automatically update its program guide data. For this you might have to write or modify an AppleScript. Elgato support or their user forums will be a lot of help.
    You can set EyeTV to convert recordings to an iTunes (Apple TV) compatible format and then delete them from EyeTV.
    The HDMI Detective should solve your handshaking problems.

  • How to chang audio-output-device(s) in Windwos 8

    Hi,
    currently I’m working on an application that starts by changing the audio-output-device and ends with re-setting the old one.
    On Windows XP I do this by changing the Registry-entry “Sound-Mapper” and it works quite well.
    I hopefully assume it works on all Windows Systems from XP to Windows 7.
    The background is that our program is supposed to play certain multi-channel sounds over an external USB-multichannel-soundcard and it should switch to that device on start. To actually play the sounds we use the AxWindowsMediaPlayer-Class
    to integrate the Windows-Media-Player in our application.
    However, on Windows 8, it is possible to set multiple Audio-Outputs and the Windows-Media-player has a setting to choose from them (under Options). I was unable to use the Registry-trick to switch the output-device and I could not find
    a way to programmatically tell the AxWindowsMediaPlayer to choose the USB-soundcard as an output.
    Is there a Way to programmatically(c#) ether change the audio-output-device(s) in Windos8 or to tell
    AxWindowsMediaPlayer to use a certain device?
    Thank you.

    Hi Kristin,
    I think your reply pushed me in the right direction.
    The waveOutOpen-function is part of the
    winmm.dll-API and I think, that API is the solution to my Problem.
    Unfortunately I am stuck at this point. I tried mciSendString and mciSendComand. Both are cappable of playing sound, but I am unable to change the output Device.
    This is my c# code to open a WAV-File via mciSendCommand:
    MCI_OPEN_PARMS open = new MCI_OPEN_PARMS();
    open.wDeviceID = 0;//this is somehow ignored
    open.lpstrDeviceType = Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi("waveaudio");
    open.lpstrElementName = Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi(@"test.wav");
    IntPtr ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(MCI_OPEN_PARMS)));
    Marshal.StructureToPtr(open, ptr, false);
    mciSendCommand(Convert.ToUInt32(textBox2.Text),               
    MCI_OPEN,              
    MCI_WAIT | MCI_OPEN_TYPE | MCI_OPEN_ELEMENT,              
    ptr);
    Afterwards I use mciSendCommand to start the playing of the sound, which works fine, but no matter what I enter in the “open.wDeviceID”-Line, I always get sound over
    the default output.
    I use waveOutGetDevCaps to get the number and kind of the output-Devices and this works fine.
    Regards, Marc

  • Pavilion dv6700 no audio output device, no DVD/ROM Vista 32bit

     I actually have 2 of these computers, but the first overheated 5 years ago, and when I pulled the power cord the female part of the adapter came out of the cord jack with the power cord adapter. Neither of the batteries on these 2 computers were part of the recall.  HP Pavilion dv6700 notebook entertainment pcX-86 based Product number FE654UA#ABAmodel # dv6915ntservice ID 18240 Windows Vista Home Premium 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60Vista Service pack 2,  32 bit BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard F.34, 3/22/2011
    SMBIOS Version 2.4
    Windows Directory C:\Windows
    System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
    Locale United States
    Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.18005" [Sound Device]Item Value
    Name Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221
    Manufacturer Conexant
    Status OK
    PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_103C30CF&REV_1000\4&887B936&0&0001
    Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\chdrt32.sys (4.36.7.0, 184.00 KB (188,416 bytes), 3/4/2008 1:32 AM) Ricoh R5C83x?84x Flash Media Controller Driver Ver 3.51.01Viewpoint Media playerAdobe Flash 11.9.900.170 Active X and Plugin Adobe Shockwave Player 10.2.0.023Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0   12.0.2.122 Cyberlink DVD Suite  5.5.0928 Chrome Frame 32.0.1700.76 Sorry to provide yet another audio device post, but my working dv 6700 did not come up on search HP support. I get the message "No audio output device is installed." after an update.My DVD drive has disappeared. The fan never shuts off and is LOUD unless I use power saver mode, where it doesn't run at all. The system restore says it has no backups, but it does have some recent backups. The pavilion runs very hot.  To remedy the sound issue I have tried:updating BIOS,repairing the operating system with sfc/scannow,system restore,Microsoft Fix It automatic repairs,  and other lesser ideas such as:updates,reinstall driver,Services properties for audio Some of the fixes work temporarily, but inevitably the sound is lost again, and the icon in the system tray has a red x.  The hardware cannot be found in device manager, so drivers cannot be updated.I can't turn the hardware on or off, because it isn't found in the first place.Rebooting sometimes fixes it temporarily. It's very frustrating to have an entertainment pc with no sound. Can you please help? Links to repair options at HP under Problem Reports and Solutions do not always work. When they do, the problem recurs.  I have not even attempted to get back the CD ROM or fan issue. Thanks for your patience, and for being there to help.  -C

    Error Msg - "No Audio Output Device is installed" - Mine is dv6000 series.... tried everything on this forum... fixes provided by Hp / MS did not work; sound, video and game controllers did not appear in the device manager; Recovery of driver from Recovery Manager did not work; system restore did not work. .... See how i did it.....Did a complete system Recovery to factory condition using Recovery partition... sound returned... worked for a few days... then disappeared again... so it was clear that it was not a hardware related issue but the reason was some update provided by microsoft (sp1, sp2, silverlight, internet explorer or one from those 100 updates that i got from ms after the system recovery (you can never say for sure which update neither can u pinpoint it to sp2)... its actually a conflict .... what i observed was that internet explorer update continued to fall in despite it already being installed.... so went and uninstalled it (not much of an issue just about 9 to 10 MB as compared to a fat MB of SP2). ... and there it was = sound returned !!! so did the internet explorer update which i hid from then on .  Prob solved....  The webcam which had also returned after the system recovery remained with me from thereon and was not affected by the win updates this time.  Now the only issue before me is the CD DVD Drive... which also appeared after a long period of silence (something like after many years) ie after the system recovery, but disappeared soon after the updates... so again not a hardware issue but a windows update issue... here too fixes being provided do not work... search continues for the DVD Drive restoration.

  • Audio Output device

    Hello,
    As I was attempting to Uninstall programs that i did not need, I think I may have accidentally removed the Audio Output Device. Is there someway of getting it back or re-installing it again? 
    Thank You,
    Katherine

    Hi,
    As
    arnavsharma mentiuoned already, this issue should be related with the audio driver, please first restart PC and check the result, drivers can be automatically installed after restart.you can refer to the detailed guide in the link below for more troubleshooting.
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/no-sound-help#no-sound=windows-8&v1h=win8tab1&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1
    The audio troubleshooter can also help you diagnose and fix common sound playback and hardware problems.
    Yolanda Zhu
    TechNet Community Support

  • Changing audio output device

    Hi,
    I'm building an application that uses LCCS for video calls.
    We've encountered an issue that we couldn't find any solution for and we believe is crucial.
    Since the current version doesn't support AEC, all our users uses headphones to use the service.
    The problem is, that to the best of my knowledge, if you plug-in USB headset, there is no way to make flash switch to using them instead of the regular audio output. If that is true,this means that assuming a user has USB headphones, even if we will add a note in the application saying "use headset to reduce echo" - that won't help as the user has no way of using his headset with our application.
    Am i missing something? please tell me I am.
    Thanks,
    Itzik.

    this is actually a quiet significant issue. There is no way in Flash to select the audio output device.
    Today  people have regular speakers and a separate headset. They all use the  speakers for music and the headset for voice. Skype i.e. has the option  to choose audio output device and its really handy, because
    you dont  have to bother to set the default device to the headset everytime you  want to use it.
    If you set the default device to the headset all other apps will send their audio  output to the headset - which is not what you want either.
    So people  really want to leave the default device set to the speakers and not to  the headset.
    Nokia did this for Java
    JRT 2.1 / Nokia UI API updated to version 1.4:
                AudioOutputControl extension for controlling which audio output device, for example the device loudspeaker or earpiece, is used to play back audio
    This really is an issue.

  • NO AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE IS INSTALLED AFTER WINDOWS 8.1 UPDATES

    Hi,
    Getting the error " No Audio Output device installed" on my laptop after installing windows update on 8.1.
    Please let me know what can be the cause of this issue.
    Product # B6B48AV HP ENVY dv6 Notebook PC
    Thanks In Advance.
    Ratheesh

    Hi rvariar,
    Welcome to the HP Support Forums, I have you enjoy your experience! To help you get the most out of the HP Forums I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More.
    I see that you are getting a 'No Audio Output device installed' and I will be happy to help. This could be cause by an issue during the upgrade. The upgrade process should have automatically created a restore point to go back to Windows 8 and then try upgrading again.
    You can try a Hard Reset to see if a clean restart resolves the issue. You can also try Refreshing your Windows and see if that helps at all. Let me know how it goes.
    Thank you,
    Please click “Accept as Solution ” if you feel my post solved your issue.
    Click the “Kudos Thumbs Up" on the right to say “Thanks” for helping!
    Thank you,
    BHK6
    I work on behalf of HP

  • Error '' No Audio Output Device is installed '' on my hp pavilion 9502au laptop ?

    Hello , 
    It happened yesterday while watching a movie in VLC player ... It closed the lid of my laptop and my laptop went into standby ....
    Then I tried to open the laptop through pressing power button or mouse button. It didnt start. I had to remove  the battery and my laptop started , but i noticed a red x on my sound icon. when i took my pointer there , it stated '' No Audio Output Device is installed ''.. 
    Till now , I SWITCHED MY WINDOWS FROM X64 TO 32 BIT , DEVICE MANAGER SHOWS NO sound , video , controllers... manually installing a hardware display all devices of conexant but not mine.. all are video capture.... registry entries are ok , but no sound related registry .... windows services are ok.... drivers are not installing , as they cannot find the devices .. moreover BIOS is up-to-date.....
    GUYS , ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.... 
    This question was solved.
    View Solution.

    Missing completely from device manager on an integrated component typically indicates a hardware issue.  It's not something that could have a loose connection as it is soldered onto the motherboard.  
    If you want to be absolutely 100% certain that it's not a software issue, you could perform a full HP system recovery back to factory conditions.  That would confirm without any doubt whether it is a hardware or software issue, but it is more than likely a hardware failure based on the behavior.
    However, what is the hardware ID of the base system device?
    This can be retrieved by opening the device in device manager and navigating to the details tab and changing the property to hardware IDs.  This should help identify exactly what the base system device is.  
    ↙-----------How do I give Kudos?| How do I mark a post as Solved? ----------------↓

  • Help! No Audio Output device is installed

    My speaker in bottom right for My sound say "No Audio Output Device Is Installed" and i have tried to go through many things to solve such as go into device manager and enable or update through there etc...to no avail.  
    I stumbled across a thing that worked for most people. Recovery Manager. but. I don't have it on my computer to try so i have no other options to turn to. Can someone please help on how to fix this issue

    Dear Customer,
    Welcome to the HP Consumer Support Forum!!
    To isolate the issue please perform the steps below:
    1. Restart the computer.
    2. Check the Sound icon in the taskbar.
    3. If the icon has an X in the lower corner, click the Sound icon in the taskbar or
    4. Right-click the icon, and then click Troubleshoot sound problems.
    5. The audio troubleshooter checks for sound problems. When the troubleshooter finishes, it displays the results.
    6. If the computer has sound, the issue is resolved.
    Install Original Realtek High Definition Audio Driver from the link below:
    http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-Pavilion-Slimline-s5000-Desktop-PC-series/3942804...
    From the above link click on Driver-Original > Original Realtek High Definition Audio Driver > Download and install the same.
    In case the issue still persists and if the audio was working fine earlier, you may perform system restore to previous working condition using the steps mentioned in the link below:
    http://bertk.mvps.org/html/restoresysv.html
    Hope this helps, for any further queries reply to the post and feel free to join us again.
    **Click the KUDOS star on left to say Thanks**
    Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.
    Thank You,
    GR1
    Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP

  • Is there a way to have Firefox respect the default audio output device when it has been changed while Firefox is open?

    I have been a Firefox user for many years and I still use it as my primary browser. One problem that has bothered me for years is the fact that when Firefox is open and I change my default audio output device, Firefox doesn't respect that change and continues playing audio through the device that was originally being used. Even if you stop the audio and continue playing, the output device doesn't change.
    Is there any way this can be configured in Firefox? Now if I listen to music online (e.g. Soundcloud) I always use Chrome since it's respects the default audio output device change even while in the middle of playing audio.
    Reproduce:
    1. Start playing audio (e.g. from a YouTube video; HTML5 and Flash are affected)
    2. Change your default audio output device
    3. Audio will continue to play from original output device
    Thanks!

    This is the same issue that has plagued me for years. I always thought that this was a Flash plugin issue, but it does occur on HTML5 as well. A friend of mine verified that this does not occur in Linux, but only on Windows. It would be great to have this fixed, as it's honestly the only thing that's making me use Chrome all the time, as I don't want to have multiple browsers open.

  • How can you choose which audio output device to use?

    I currently have my system set up to have two different active audio output playback devices, Speakers and Headphones. By default, applications play on the default audio output device, which is set to Speakers on my computer. However, I am wanting to play iTunes on my Headphones output while all other applications are running on the default Speakers output. In Windows Media Player, there is a dropdown to select which output device the application streams to. Is there a way to make iTunes do this, either in the Preferences menu, by using a plugin, or installing a third-party application that overrides which output applications use?

    Under Utility you will find the Configurazione MIDI Audio.app  The name is in italian on my Mac but you should find it in your system language. The icon is a Piano Keyboard.

Maybe you are looking for