Wrong volume binding when connecting bluetooth speakers

Solutions:

By editing the /etc/pulse/default.pa we can load the pulseaudio module module-switch-on-connect to autoconnect to an audio sink as soon as it is presented to the pulseaudio sound server. We need to insert the following line

load-module module-switch-on-connect

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stream2ip

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bt-autoconnect

But still, right after connecting, the volume returned to the adapter is very loud at first; after I move the volume slider even a bit from its current location, then the volume corrects itself suddenly to it's ACTUAL position. This is so messed up in so many ways I can't even try to imagine the back-end of this all wreckage.... Just freaking do something... it's quite embarrassing.

The first solution is the best. Why wasn't it incorporated already in 12.04 ? Hell, why not even earlier ?

The problem remains with the volume right after the connection.
If the bluetooth audio adapter re-connects automatically after resume from suspend, the volume mutes, then you can set it wherever you want. That's perfect, because it doesn't go to full 100% to blow your ears off.
But, if you manually connect the bluetooth audio adapter, then the volume immediately hits 100% and you need to move the volume slider for the volume to retake it's ACTUAL intensity and not blow your ears off or cause you a heart attack...

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

Ah, finally. Now we're getting somewhere. Let's hope it's not going to transform into nowhere.

Bump

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i don't think switch on connect should be default since user can connect multiple usb audio cards on a desktop

Oh wow - you explained this problem very well!! It has woken up my housemates many times.

Please fix this. It's really annoying to have to go to the audio settings every time when you connect bluetooth speakers!

"Oh wow - you explained this problem very well!! It has woken up my housemates many times."
Huh ?

@Klaus: Just use my first solution and it works pretty decent:
"By editing the /etc/pulse/default.pa we can load the pulseaudio module module-switch-on-connect to autoconnect to an audio sink as soon as it is presented to the pulseaudio sound server. We need to insert the following line

load-module module-switch-on-connect"

PS: I've lost my hope to this cause. It will never get resolved guys, just face it, when there's not something important to fix, they just ignore it. It's easier this way. I'm sick of this attitude. Just apply the solution I found and be happy that there is such one, instead of not having a fix at all. Yes, I know that by doing this all the time, with all of the problems, Linux is STILL going to have <5% market share, but hey, what can you do, right ? I'm out.

Hi Andrei, the first solution works but this issue with the volume. Thanks anyway!

> Yes, I know that by doing this all the time, with all of the problems,
> Linux is STILL going to have <5% market share, but hey, what can you do, right ? I'm out.

Weird thing is in some earlier version of ubuntu all this audio/bluetooth business worked--and not only that, it seemed far more usable and easier to access than in that windows vista/7 or whatever I have there.

@ubuntu people: C'mon, fix it. It can't be that hard.

To all affected, please get a log from PulseAudio as outlined here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log. Make sure you log PulseAudio's output when you connect the bluetooth adapter/change cards to be used, and when you attempt to change the volume with multimedia keys, to make sure PulseAudio's activity is logged when this occurs.

This bug is affecting me as well on Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit). I connect to a Logitech Wireless Speaker Adapter (http://www.logitech.com/en-roeu/product/wireless-speaker-adapter?crid=47) via bluetooth so to stream my audio to the speaker connected to the Logitech device. The audio switches over to the bluetooth connected speakers just fine, but the 'Output' in 'Sound Settings' doesn't as it still selects the standard 'Speakers' of my laptop instead of the '(8D) Logitech Adapter'. The results is that the volume controls on my keyboard still affect the internal laptop speakers (accompanied with the Ubuntu 'increase/decrease volume' *plop* sounds coming out of my laptop speakers) instead of the audio coming out of my bluetooth connected speakers. Every time I connect the bluetooth speakers I have to go to 'Sound Settings' and select '(8D) Logitech Adapter' as output so the volume controls affect it (the situation just after connecting to the bluetooth device is shown in the attached screenshot). As suggested by the other people in this bug, the Output in Sound Settings should automatically switch over to the newly connected bluetooth audio device.

I attached two logs as requisted by Luke Yelavich. The first log depicts connecting the bluetooth device. In the second log the bluetooth connection is already made and I'm pressing the 'decrease volume' keys several times followed by a series of 'increase volume'. These volume change thus don't affect the bluetooth connected speaker.

Here are the two logs I mentioned.

This issue remains in 14.04.

Bump.

The bug remains in 14.10. Andrei's solution worked for me.

Problem persists until today, first solution by Andrei works (add "load-module module-switch-on-connect" in /etc/pulse/default.pa).

Let me just add that I had to reboot the system for the changes to take effect.

I'd also suggest to ubuntu to add the line by default.

Thanks, Andrei fix works for me on latest Gnome 3 on Archlinux! as of 2016/02/27.

Same problem, still present on Ubuntu 16.04! =/

This Bug also exists in Distributions based on Ubuntu like Linuxmint. Sometimes its really annoying why bugs aren't fixed over years, even if many users are affected.

I can confirm that this bug is still present on Ubuntu 16.04.1 but solution suggested in first comment fixes it.