Sound Applet has wrong outputs selected

[szczys]

Having updated to 21.3 I am trying to solve two issues that I've had for many years with Mint/Cinnamon: The sound coming out of a device sometimes doesn't match the output selected in the sound applet. This is more annoy with bluetooth headset. Here are the two technical issues:

1. After a reboot, audio will come out of the speakers, but the sound applet has a different device selected. If you try to adjust the audio using the applet it has not effect because it's not adjusting the volume for the speaker sink
2. Whenever bluetooth headphones are attached, the sound applet automatically switches to the bluetooth sink, but audio continues to come out of the speakers. You must manually select the speaker output, then select headphones for the audio to switch correctly.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there a workaround?

Thanks for the help!

[wallaby32]

Are you using PulseAudio or Pipewire?

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pactl info

I'm thinking a reinstall of the PulseAudio or Pipewire package might be worth a try. Please run a timeshift backup before messing with your packages.
If on pulse, try:

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apt reinstall pulseaudio

If on pipewire, try:

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apt reinstall pipewire

[szczys]

I'm using PulseAudio:

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➜ pactl info
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 10
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: mike
Host Name: krusty
Server Name: pulseaudio
Server Version: 15.99.1
Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: bluez_sink.E8_EE_CC_07_09_EC.a2dp_sink
Default Source: alsa_input.usb-046d_HD_Pro_Webcam_C920_83F655AF-02.analog-stereo
Cookie: a9dd:9b65

This is a fresh install, however I did reinstall PulseAudio as suggested and the behavior remains the same. On that topic, I have imported my home folder to this install... I tried removing

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~/.config/pulse

but it also did not change the behavior.