No audio output device after unplugging HDMI cable Fedora 35

[stiky (Peter Bozukov)]

Hi everyone,

The default audio output device does not switch automatically on Fedora 35. For example if I plug in an HDMI cable the output device remains 'Speakers - Built-in Audio ’ in settings.

What I think is worse, the device remains blank in settings after unplugging the cable and I have to click on the dropdown to select the builtin speakers once again.

Here is a screenshot:

This issue wasn’t present in Fedora 34.

[ilikelinux]

@stiky

This issue wasn’t present in Fedora 34.

Things change, please read the change-log of F35 and check if the changes are working on your machine.

Releases/35/ChangeSet - Fedora Project Wiki

Releases/35/ChangeSet - Fedora Project Wiki > wireplumber

How to debug:

Dnf upgrade to fedora 35 beta; no sound device

Check if you see an error while execute the following commands in terminal: systemctl --user status "pipewire.*" if pipewire socket and service active (running) = ok. systemctl --user status "pipewire-pulse.*" if pipewire-pulse socket and service active (running) = ok. and last but not least you should see also: systemctl --user status wireplumber

[mattdm (Matthew Miller)]

Yeah. If everything updated ok, this is probably a bug in Pipewire.

[stiky (Peter Bozukov)]

Sorry, I had to clarify this is a clean install. This appears to be a bug indeed. I really doubt that it is an intended change. I submitted a bug report just now.