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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (15 children)

I'm on Linux mint 22 and my audio outputs don't change automatically. When I plug in USB headphones, audio won't output to them unless I manually change it in settings.

Also, why can't I interact with the panel applets (on the right side) while I'm in game? For example: I'm playing a game, I plug in my headphones, I have to manually change the audio output so I hit the "windows" key to bring up the panel, but I can't interact with any of the applets on the right side of the panel (I can't select the audio icon and change settings from there). I have to search audio settings in the panel then alt tab to it. It's really cumbersome

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Can you try "pactl load-module module-switch-on-connect"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

maybe a silly question bit is mint using pulse audio?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

The latest version of mint (22) is using pipewire now.

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