Pulseaudio mutes the audio when nothing is played

[Kristoffer Grundström]

The only way to get the audio working again is to lower the volume and then raise it again.

It's like the daemon shuts off the volume when it's not used.

Some seconds after the clip is played you hear a *plop* sound from the speaker and once you switch to a new clip you have to lower and raise the volume again to a certain percentage to get the audio working again.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:15.99.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-47.51-generic 5.15.46
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-47-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: kristoffer 1916 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: kristoffer 1916 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p: kristoffer 1916 F...m pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Sep 11 01:56:35 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-05 (36 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/12/2019
dmi.bios.release: 4.6
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: N550JK.210
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: N550JK
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrN550JK.210:bd06/12/2019:br4.6:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnN550JK:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnN550JK:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:skuASUS-NotebookSKU:
dmi.product.family: N
dmi.product.name: N550JK
dmi.product.sku: ASUS-NotebookSKU
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

[Kristoffer Grundström (umeaman)]

This does NOT happen in Mageia if I install it on the same laptop so this is a Unity issue.