[No change - copying the file in the same dir adding .bak is sufficient right- or will this be read as a 2nd conf?]
adding .bak is ok, after reboot, you can run pactl list cards to verify if the change takes effect or not. Before change: Profiles: output:analog-stereo-speaker: Speaker (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 60, available: yes) output:analog-stereo-headphone+input:analog-stereo-mic: Headset (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 80, available: yes) off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes) After change, the 1st two profiles disappear. If the change takes effect, but it still can't work, I think it is not a pulseaudio issue, probably the firmware issue of dock or kernel driver issue. And you can verify by these commands: aplay -D plughw:CARD=xxx,DEV=0 test.wav (replace xxx with the name of usb audio card, aplay -L to check the name of usb audio card) aplay -D plughw:CARD=xxx,DEV=1 test.wav And BTW, what does "the vanilla ones from upstream" mean? -- 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/1772383 Title: WD15 Dell Thunderbolt dock no audio Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Followup from bug 1718824 and bug 1745765 respectively as reported in the other bugs neither front (headphones) nor back (line-out) jack is working after the updates. A Workaround manually adding the profile for pulseaudio might have been persistet from changes before the upgrade / updates. pactl is listed in the other bug, alsa-info should be automatically attached. Output of pactl info: "benste@benste-xps13-ubuntu:~$ pactl info Server String: unix:/run/user/1000/pulse/native Library Protocol Version: 32 Server Protocol Version: 32 Is Local: yes Client Index: 21 Tile Size: 65472 User Name: benste Host Name: benste-xps13-ubuntu Server Name: pulseaudio Server Version: 11.1 Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right Default Sink: alsa_output.usb-Generic_USB_Audio_200901010001-00.analog-stereo-headphone Default Source: alsa_input.usb-Generic_USB_Audio_200901010001-00.analog-stereo-mic Cookie: bb32:a8fe" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:11.1-1ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: benste 2287 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c: benste 2287 F...m pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon May 21 11:06:17 2018 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-13 (584 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-28 (22 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/03/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2.3.1 dmi.board.name: 0T3FTF dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.3.1:bd10/03/2017:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139360:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0T3FTF:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.family: XPS dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9360 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1772383/+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