gnome-control-center is only involved in applying configuration changes, it's not a service and not active/playing a part in what is happening after rebooting on disconnecting devices, reassigning to pulseaudio
When you play sound in an application, do you see that one added to the 'applications' tab from the sound settings? is the volume muted/low there? ** Package changed: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) => pulseaudio (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768754 Title: Applications are muted (silent) but system sounds work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1768754/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs