Discussion about module-device-manager change to module-switch-on-connect

[David Edmundson]

On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Mark Gaiser <markg85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 4:25 PM, David Rosca <nowrep at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Mark Gaiser <markg85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>>
>> >
>> > What i'd like for this thread is to consider loading
>> > module-switch-on-connect by default (changing the line in
>> > start-pulseaudio-x11) and thus consider removing
>> "module-device-manager". It
>> > would most certainly improve the user experience for those that have USB
>> > headsets.
>> >
>>
>> No, I am against this. There are users that prefers
>> module-device-manager and also, more importantly,
>> module-device-manager allows user to configure precisely which stream
>> types to route where.
>> What I plan to do instead (for Plasma 5.8) is to add config option to
>> plasma-pa to use module-switch-on-connect instead (possibly by
>> default).
>>
>
> Hi David,
>
> I understand your opinion, but isn't this used by only a very small number
> of people?
>
>
How do you even set that up what you describe? If i look under Multimedia
> -> Audio, i only see "Default" everywhere. I have - in this case - a
> speaker plugged in (jack connection) and a headphone (also jack connection).
>
> I'm glad that you're willing to add an option for this. By default would
> obviously be my preference, but just an option is very nice as well :)
>

FYI that option is now merged. Let me know if it works.
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