Bug 429861 - "Automatically switch all running streams..." does not appear
Summary: "Automatically switch all running streams..." does not appear
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasma-pa
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.20.3
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Rosca
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Reported: 2020-11-30 18:00 UTC by Riccardo Robecchi
Modified: 2020-11-30 23:08 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
Screenshot of the KCM (37.71 KB, image/png)
2020-11-30 18:00 UTC, Riccardo Robecchi
Details
Correct screenshot (192.74 KB, image/png)
2020-11-30 20:20 UTC, Nicolas Fella
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Description Riccardo Robecchi 2020-11-30 18:00:28 UTC
Created attachment 133754 [details]
Screenshot of the KCM

SUMMARY
The "Automatically switch all running streams..." item does not appear in the KCM, so I cannot disable it.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open the KCM, either in its stand-alone form or from System Settings.

OBSERVED RESULT
There is no "Automatically switch all running streams..." checkbox.

EXPECTED RESULT
The "Automatically switch all running streams..." checkbox is presented to the user along the other options.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux: KDE neon Focal
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2020-11-30 20:16:42 UTC
Appears fine for me on both Neon User and Unstable.

What you are seeing in the screenshot is the audio applet config. The checkbox you are looking for is in the KCM though (the second entry in the sidebar)
Comment 2 Nicolas Fella 2020-11-30 20:20:43 UTC
Created attachment 133756 [details]
Correct screenshot
Comment 3 Riccardo Robecchi 2020-11-30 22:40:36 UTC
(In reply to Nicolas Fella from comment #1)
> Appears fine for me on both Neon User and Unstable.
> 
> What you are seeing in the screenshot is the audio applet config. The
> checkbox you are looking for is in the KCM though (the second entry in the
> sidebar)

You're right, it's there. And it's unchecked. But it seems like it is ignored, then, because every time I plug in a new audio device all streams are theoretically switched to it. I write "theoretically" because it works like this:
- I plug in a new device
- I see an OSD notifying me of the new output being availabe
- sound isn't available on any device
- I have to manually select the output for it to work.
I thought the issue was that the preference was not available for some reason, but it's there and it's just not respected. Should I open a new bug report or modify this one?
Thanks for your help.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2020-11-30 23:08:36 UTC
Hmm that's odd. I wonder if it's an issue in PulseAudio itself...