Volume control doesn't work automatically when connecting Bluetooth device.

[Dereck Wonnacott]

When I connect a Bluetooth device, sound is automatically forwarded to the device but volume controls still control the internal sound card device. I must open the sound settings and click on the Bluetooth output device to use volume controls.

I wish that the volume controls would automatically control whatever output device is actually active. :)

This bug has existed for many versions of Ubuntu now.
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ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-25 (746 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
InterestingModules: btusb bluetooth
MachineType: TOSHIBA TECRA R950
Package: pulseaudio
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-130-generic root=UUID=c7679e9c-34aa-4c9b-8e58-05ec7b8e4f63 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-130.156-generic 4.4.134
Tags: xenial
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-130-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers video
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 10/01/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: Version 6.40
dmi.board.asset.tag: 0000000000
dmi.board.name: TECRA R950
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Version A0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0000000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrVersion6.40:bd10/01/2012:svnTOSHIBA:pnTECRAR950:pvrPT530U-00T007:rvnTOSHIBA:rnTECRAR950:rvrVersionA0:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrVersion1.0:
dmi.product.name: TECRA R950
dmi.product.version: PT530U-00T007
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
hciconfig:
 hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
  BD Address: C8:F7:33:2D:6B:6B ACL MTU: 310:10 SCO MTU: 64:8
  UP RUNNING
  RX bytes:580 acl:0 sco:0 events:31 errors:0
  TX bytes:368 acl:0 sco:0 commands:30 errors:0
mtime.conffile..etc.bluetooth.main.conf: 2018-05-24T08:46:03.060208
upstart.bluetooth.override: manual

[Lars Karlitski (larsu)]

The sound menu controls the output of the default device. It doesn't change the default device itself.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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