As a small work around, if you run KDE you could do: pacmd update-sink-proplist alsa_output.pci-0000_00_11.5.analog-stereo device.description="My Nice Name"
This will be reflected in Phonon UI and should be restored after reboot too. ** Bug watch added: PulseAudio sound server #723 http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/723 ** Also affects: pulseaudio via http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/723 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663207 Title: Phonon does not provide enough info to identify devices -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
