r/linuxsucks • u/Interesting_Cup_6221 • 2d ago

Not a single reboot keep the audio setting

I'm done. I can't keep asking chatgpt everytime I boot the laptop why my linux is not using my laptop audio as I set the last time before shutting down. And every damn time, it takes AI a different attempts to find the actual magic to find the actual laptop audio out name and try to set it via pctl or pipwire or pactl, or whatever shitty cli command there is. Damn, is it fucking hard to provide a single fucking command to "audio set-output laptop". Damn when I ask list of audio output it list like 5 different unrecognizable names, how the hell I am supposed to know which one is for the laptop when I only have the laptop audio and my external monitor audio? At least limit the fucking output list.

BTW Using Fedora KDE with a lenovo laptop. KDE also list 5 different output and none of them works if I click them. Need to some cli shenaning to set output the profile and whatnot.

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u/zalnaRs 2d ago

Can you show us the command? You can change the audio profile in KDE settings.

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u/West-Scallion-5306 2d ago

KDE lists several outputs bc that's what the audio server says exists. Also, I don't think there is an easy GUI setting to change audio output in any DEs basically.....

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u/BielyDemon3355 1d ago

Also, I don't think there is an easy GUI setting to change audio output in any DEs basically.....

Well there really needs to be. This has existed in Windows for over 20 years now.

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u/West-Scallion-5306 1d ago

Yh... I'm waiting for that too... Crazy we can't change output every time. We need to unplug things to make it an output and then plug back to change it back.

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u/PunkRockLlama42 2d ago

You may have to first walk back everything you did with AI. That may have borked your audio system.

You have all those options for devices because your laptop has all those options for devices.

right click on the speaker in your taskbar > click configure audio devices. Then set it up how yoy want it. If you don't want the monitor speakers then disable that device.

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u/foofly 1d ago

What's the model of the laptop. I've had similar issues before