When using GDM as greeter my bluetooth sound device doesn't show up in sound settings. It does with lightdm as greeter.

Bug #1506365 reported by Thomas Christensen
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This bug affects 2 people
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gdm (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Read about gdm starting a new instance of pulseaudio, so tried lightdm and now my connected bluetooth audio devices shows up in sound settings.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: gdm 3.16.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Oct 15 15:15:11 2015
SourcePackage: gdm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-06 (8 days ago)

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Thomas Christensen (christensenthomas) wrote :
description: updated
summary: When using GDM as greeter my bluetooth sound device doesn't show up in
- sound settings. They do with lightdm as greeter.
+ sound settings. It does with lightdm as greeter.
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Owais Lone (loneowais) wrote :

Can reproduce on Ubuntu 17.10 with GDM. All bluetooth sound devices work under lightdm but don't show up in sound output under GDM.

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