I bought an external USB audio device, called Digitus Soundbox. It works fine on my Ubuntu 16.04, however after reboot the system keeps switching to the built-in speakers as the main audio output. How do I keep it from doing that?
EDIT: I learned that the issue might be related to Pulseaudio. I have followed the topic here: How do I set a pulseaudio card profile persistently across reboots, which brought me to the pcmd list-sinks command to list the available sinks:
4 sink(s) available. index: 0 name: driver: flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: SUSPENDED suspend cause: IDLE priority: 9950 volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB balance 0.00 base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 0.00 ms max request: 0 KiB max rewind: 0 KiB monitor source: 0 sample spec: s32le 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 0 configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 185.76 ms card: 0 module: 6 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "32" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "HDMI 0" alsa.id = "HDMI 0" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "3" alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel HDMI" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel HDMI at 0xf2630000 irq 32" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:03.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.id = "0c0c" device.product.name = "Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "hdmi:0" device.buffering.buffer_size = "65536" device.buffering.fragment_size = "32768" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "hdmi-stereo" device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (HDMI)" device.description = "Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI)" alsa.mixer_name = "Intel Haswell HDMI" alsa.components = "HDA:80862807,80860101,00100000" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" ports: hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset -20000 usec, available: no) properties: device.icon_name = "video-display" active port: index: 2 name: driver: flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: SUSPENDED suspend cause: IDLE priority: 9959 volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB balance 0.00 base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 0.00 ms max request: 0 KiB max rewind: 0 KiB monitor source: 3 sample spec: s32le 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 0 configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 185.76 ms card: 2 module: 8 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "32" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "ALC3232 Analog" alsa.id = "ALC3232 Analog" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "1" alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xf2634000 irq 31" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.id = "8c20" device.product.name = "8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "front:1" device.buffering.buffer_size = "65536" device.buffering.fragment_size = "32768" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "analog-stereo" device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo" device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC3232" alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0292,17aa2210,00100001" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" ports: analog-output-speaker: Speakers (priority 10000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown) properties: device.icon_name = "audio-speakers" analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: no) properties: device.icon_name = "audio-headphones" active port: index: 7 name: driver: flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: SUSPENDED suspend cause: IDLE priority: 9048 volume: front-left: 61603 / 94% / -1.61 dB, front-right: 61603 / 94% / -1.61 dB balance 0.00 base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 0.00 ms max request: 0 KiB max rewind: 0 KiB monitor source: 9 sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 1 configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1837.50 ms card: 1 module: 7 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "USB Audio" alsa.id = "USB Audio" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "2" alsa.card_name = "USB Sound Device" alsa.long_card_name = "USB Sound Device at usb-0000:00:14.0-6.1.4, full speed" alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:6.1.4:1.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-6/3-6.1/3-6.1.4/3-6.1.4:1.0/sound/card2" udev.id = "usb-0d8c_USB_Sound_Device-00" device.bus = "usb" device.vendor.id = "0d8c" device.vendor.name = "C-Media Electronics, Inc." device.product.id = "0102" device.product.name = "CM106 Like Sound Device" device.serial = "0d8c_USB_Sound_Device" device.string = "iec958:2" device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800" device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "iec958-stereo" device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (IEC958)" device.description = "CM106 Like Sound Device Digital Stereo (IEC958)" alsa.mixer_name = "USB Mixer" alsa.components = "USB0d8c:0102" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb" ports: iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown) properties:
active port: <iec958-stereo-output>
* index: 9 name: driver: flags: HW_MUTE_CTRL LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: SUSPENDED suspend cause: IDLE priority: 1000 volume: front-left: 61603 / 94%, front-right: 61603 / 94% balance 0.00 base volume: 65536 / 100% volume steps: 65537 muted: no current latency: 0.00 ms max request: 0 KiB max rewind: 0 KiB monitor source: 11 sample spec: float32le 2ch 48000Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 1 configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1837.50 ms module: 31 properties: device.master_device = "alsa_output.usb-0d8c_USB_Sound_Device-00.iec958-stereo" device.class = "filter" device.ladspa.module = "mbeq_1197" device.ladspa.label = "mbeq" device.ladspa.name = "Multiband EQ" device.ladspa.maker = "Steve Harris " device.ladspa.copyright = "GPL" device.ladspa.unique_id = "1197" device.description = "LADSPA Plugin Multiband EQ on CM106 Like Sound Device Digital Stereo (IEC958)" device.icon_name = "audio-card"
The correct device is the "USB Audio Device" one, but I have no idea how to save it as the default one and what "index" is.
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