Hello my friends
I want to activ usb contact sound
Mous & phone & other devices
Only power plug sound works
From my memory, I think this is doable through dconf-editor (assuming you have that installed)
Then I think that the path is something like:
Org->Gnome->Desktop->Sound
I can check this path later, currently at work, but under there (or somewhere along those lines) used to be an option for "event-sounds". That would most likely be what you're looking for.
EDIT: Sorry, meant dconf-editor, not gnome-tweaks, thanks @Ponce-De-Leon
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Could it be that You don't mean gnome-tweaks, but instead Dconf Editor?
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Did You made a Reboot after the Change?
I frequently have issues with no sound from my USB connected device myself. Most of the time, I find it's because something has switched my output device. You can see in the screenshot below that mine is set to the wrong device. In order to get sound, I need to select the actual USB device to use:
In my case, that's "Analog Output - Arctis Nova Pro Wireless." You may need to select a different choice, but hopefully this points you in the right direction. (Also, if any of our experts know how to make it stop switching away from the correct device, I'd appreciate it and it could be relevant to the OP in the future.)
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Also, if any of our experts know how to make it stop switching away from the correct device, I'd appreciate it
Can't say that I'm a super expert, but I've run into this problem an unfortunate number of times. Usually I can fix it by using pavucontrol and configuring the devices in there to stop other options from being there that shouldn't (for example, i doubt you ever want sound out of your controller, but maybe i'm wrong). You should also be able to select a default audio device in there as well. Now sometimes that won't work, and I've had to make a change to a file I can check later, but hopefully that should do it.
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In pavucontrol You can disable Audio Ports You don't need on the Configuration Tab. Did You tried that?
Sadly, the SPDIF option that always ends up selected when it shouldn't be isn't among them.
You're right about not wanting the controller speaker. The PS4 and 5 use controller speakers for special output, like in-game phone calls, etc., that they want to "come from" closer to you. It's dumb and I hate it there, too.
So you say you need to select the anologue stereo as your output, and that the usb is the incorrect output? If that's that case, you could turn off the usb audio (sorry, i'm reading your initial question and it seems like you say that the usb is what you want selected, but then you said that the option you need selected is analogue)
Ah, the joys of a complicated device with no Linux driver. So, the device in question is connected via USB. The actual device is a battery charger/status display/wireless transceiver for a wireless headset. You may note that the "analog" device I want actually has a USB symbol to the left of the name. In any case, the device NAMED analog is connected to the PC via USB, and all other outputs are not useful.
(In Windows, Steelseries has a nice control app and there are multiple virtual audio devices and two logical audio outputs, one for games/media/whatever, and one for chat, and you set devices in Discord, after which you can balance game vs chat volume from the physical USB device. If I'm not using the headset, the physical USB device is connected to external speakers via a 2.5mm stereo cable, which IS analog. If I turn the headset on, the device ITSELF will swap to the headset, without informing the operating system, so the only output I need is the whatever Linux wants to call the "analog with a USB symbol" output.)
So if you turn off "USB audio" but leave on your analogue headset, does the issue go away? Because as of now you wouldn't be using that stream.
I've turned off everything in pavucontrol except Arctis Nova Pro, and while I can't check the annoying switching (it's unpredictable so far), nothing actually seems disabled:
Do these changes require a reboot, service restart, or similar?
From my recollection it may not even show properly in the sound options that Gnome shows, but it should still apply. But I believe it would still require a reboot, for example I have a webcam mic that I disable, but to stop it selecting it I have to reboot for that change to take effect.
Unfortunately it's one of those things where you have to leave it for a bit and see if it happens to see if it worked lol. Multiple reboots later type deal, which I usually just do over multiple days.
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