[pulseaudio-tickets] [Bug 98879] Fallback device changes and makes xfce panel volume control stop working

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98879

Tanu Kaskinen <tanuk at iki.fi> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |DUPLICATE
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

--- Comment #1 from Tanu Kaskinen <tanuk at iki.fi> ---
(In reply to trondsg+bugzilla+freedesktop from comment #0)
> The device routing behaviour of PulseAudio is very user-unfriendly. Here is
> a particular annoyance that I can't find any good reason for:
> 
> Insert USB audio device (Alesis Core 1). Analog audio is still set as
> fallback device, so that the xfce panel volume control (in the indicator
> applet) doesn't work (because sound comes out of Core 1). This is annoying,
> but it's not necessarily clear cut how it should work.

If sound comes out of the usb sound card, I guess you explicitly moved audio
streams there? Explicitly moved streams ignore the default device setting.

> Go into pa volume control and DESELECT Analog audio as fallback device by
> clicking on the green button next to it. Now you have no fallback device.

There is always a fallback device. The pavucontrol UI is bad, it shouldn't
allow going into a state where it looks like nothing is selected as the
fallback device. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98792

> Select Core 1 as fallback device by clickin on the green button next to it.
> The volume control now affects Core 1.
> 
> (Because USB audio keeps malfunctioning, the Core 1 needs to be plugged in
> and out a lot.) Pull the Core 1 out using the USB cable. Plug it back in.
> What's the fallback device now? Analog output! This makes no sense. It
> should be Core 1. That's what I selected.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90870

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 90870 ***

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