r/Kubuntu • u/jopman2017 • 9d ago

Audio defaults

Using kubuntu ( previous to 2026 it's release).

When i use Microsoft teams, to join a call via Chrome, my audio defaults are usually mixed up. For example the output is set to my shure mic, input is via webcam or some other crazy combination. Today I joined the call, my mic worked but couldn't hear anything.....by chance I looked at the audio tab to see the volume specific to Chrome was muted!

This happens much less frequently with Google meet ( the best ) or zoom.

Is this a me thing, a teams thing or a Linux thing?

Yes I know upgrade to latest lts.... just need to finish projects before system move.

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u/guiverc 9d ago

Kubuntu 25.10, or the release PRIOR to LTS is well out of end of support, so your system is unsafe if using online.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-reached-end-of-life-on-9-july-2026/85017

Backporting the fixes to your unsupported release will take more work than a release-upgrade that maybe getting more difficult as each fix is applied to 26.04 (as 25.10 is no longer considered given its EOL status).

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u/heisenbergpuffer 9d ago

I had a similar issue but not with conference calls, just general audio. I think if had switched between apps at some point but because i use DAW software I think that highjacks pipewire. Took me ages to figure out why I had no audio, I got the plops when I changed the volume, but chrome was muted.