Public bug reported: Yesterday I was using the HDMI cable to duplicate the monitor in the tv and play sound with the tv by selecting HDMI exit sound in ubuntu settings.
With the pc turned off I removed the HDMI from the tv but ubuntu doesn't automatically set the exit sound to the default till in the settings there is only that option and till I selected it, ubuntu was still trying to reproduce the audio via HDMI... Also rebooting the system the problem persists. Also by reloading pulseaudio the problem persists. The only solution was installing a third-party program to switch correctly to the default audio exit... lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Release: 18.04 apt-cache policy pulseaudio: pulseaudio: Installato: 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.2 Candidato: 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.4 Tabella versione: 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.4 500 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages *** 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.2 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:11.1-1ubuntu7 500 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1864287 Title: pulseaudio still trying to reproduce audio to HDMI without the HDMI cable connected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1864287/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs