How to get my sound output devices to always show up

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Here is a picture of my sound output devices on Ubuntu 17.10 on Gnome.



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Sometimes there are devices shown there, but frequently there are not. How to I get it so my headphones or built-in laptop speakers always show up?







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  • try looking in Pulseaudio Volume Control configuration tab pavucontrol -t 5. Devices may be detected in Pulseaudio but set to 'Off'
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Here is a picture of my sound output devices on Ubuntu 17.10 on Gnome.



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Sometimes there are devices shown there, but frequently there are not. How to I get it so my headphones or built-in laptop speakers always show up?







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  • try looking in Pulseaudio Volume Control configuration tab pavucontrol -t 5. Devices may be detected in Pulseaudio but set to 'Off'
    – nik gnomic
    Apr 28 at 16:42












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Here is a picture of my sound output devices on Ubuntu 17.10 on Gnome.



enter image description here



Sometimes there are devices shown there, but frequently there are not. How to I get it so my headphones or built-in laptop speakers always show up?







share|improve this question












Here is a picture of my sound output devices on Ubuntu 17.10 on Gnome.



enter image description here



Sometimes there are devices shown there, but frequently there are not. How to I get it so my headphones or built-in laptop speakers always show up?









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  • try looking in Pulseaudio Volume Control configuration tab pavucontrol -t 5. Devices may be detected in Pulseaudio but set to 'Off'
    – nik gnomic
    Apr 28 at 16:42
















  • try looking in Pulseaudio Volume Control configuration tab pavucontrol -t 5. Devices may be detected in Pulseaudio but set to 'Off'
    – nik gnomic
    Apr 28 at 16:42















try looking in Pulseaudio Volume Control configuration tab pavucontrol -t 5. Devices may be detected in Pulseaudio but set to 'Off'
– nik gnomic
Apr 28 at 16:42




try looking in Pulseaudio Volume Control configuration tab pavucontrol -t 5. Devices may be detected in Pulseaudio but set to 'Off'
– nik gnomic
Apr 28 at 16:42















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