Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) reached end-of-life on May 9, 2013.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- 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/925046 Title: pulseaudio forgets webcam is chosen preferred input device Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have two USB audio input devices: sound card and webcam I always want to use the webcam for audio input In gnome-control-center I go to "Input" tab and under "Choose a device for sound input:" I select "Webcam C270 Analogue Mono" This works but is temporary. When webcam is unplugged and reconnected the sound card input becomes selected. Worse, when the system is rebooted, the sound card again becomes selected. There appears to be no way to always prefer the webcam audio input. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Feb 1 19:14:55 2012 SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: deja-dup 20.1-0ubuntu0.2 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.0-0ubuntu2 indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/925046/+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