Hi I've the same problem but with a bluetooth device that does not show up in the sound panel (input and output). I only have headphones and speakers there and I do not have as well the HDMI and all the other options... Note that in the output bellow the card show with the "Active profile" OFF BTW, I can control rhythmbox with the bluetooth device (SonyEricsson MW600), set to play, jump to the next and priory music but I can't select it in the sound control panel to receive or play music! Here is my $ pactl list cards Card #0 Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1 Driver: module-alsa-card.c Owner Module: 4 Properties: alsa.card = "1" alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic" alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xc0720000 irq 55" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.1" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "1002" device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI" device.product.name = "Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series]" device.string = "1" device.description = "Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series]" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" Profiles: output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 5400) off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority. 0) Active Profile: output:hdmi-stereo Ports: hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900) Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo Card #1 Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0 Driver: module-alsa-card.c Owner Module: 5 Properties: alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xc1700000 irq 54" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.name = "6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "0" device.description = "Built-in Audio" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" Profiles: output:analog-stereo: Analogue Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 6000) output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analogue Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 6060) output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 5400) output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output + Analogue Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 5460) output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 300) output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output + Analogue Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 360) output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 5200) output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output + Analogue Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 5260) output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 100) output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output + Analogue Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 160) input:analog-stereo: Analogue Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority. 60) off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority. 0) Active Profile: output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo Ports: analog-output-speaker: Speakers (priority 10000) Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000) Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo analog-input-microphone-internal: Internal Microphone (priority 8900) Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo, input:analog-stereo analog-input-microphone: Microphone (priority 8700) Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo, input:analog-stereo analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100) Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo, input:analog-stereo hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900) Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround, output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800) Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo Card #3 Name: bluez_card.8C_64_22_BC_97_F7 Driver: module-bluetooth-device.c Owner Module: 25 Properties: device.description = "MW600" device.string = "8C:64:22:BC:97:F7" device.api = "bluez" device.class = "sound" device.bus = "bluetooth" device.form_factor = "headset" bluez.path = "/org/bluez/2222/hci0/dev_8C_64_22_BC_97_F7" bluez.class = "0x240404" bluez.name = "MW600" device.icon_name = "audio-headset-bluetooth" device.intended_roles = "phone" Profiles: a2dp: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 10) hsp: Telephony Duplex (HSP/HFP) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 20) off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority. 0) Active Profile: off