Ubuntu Soundtrack

hardware
software
Author

Hongyang Zhou

Published

October 18, 2021

Modified

October 19, 2021

I’ve been using Ubuntu 18 for quite some time now. One thing that is frequently not working properly is the sound output switches. It happens from time to time that if I connect my Ubuntu laptop to a monitor, or a headset, the system will lose track of its desired sound output. I have to go into the sound settings and manually switch the output profile between HDMI and hifi (which I suppose is the default laptop sound output). A little bit tedious.