On 2022.03.24 05:55, Peter Humphrey wrote:
On Thursday, 24 March 2022 09:43:49 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote:
> I'm about to try pavu[...] as you suggested.
No dice. All that does is to allow me to set where I want each sound
source to
be sent, plus a few details. I still hear nothing, and pavumeter
shows nothing
being output.
I still can't escape the conclusion that something in my home
directory is
interfering with sound output.
Just to confirm - pavucontrol shows the sound device as properly
enabled on the Configuration tab, shows the correct output port for the
device on the Output Devices tab, and shows the sound source being sent
to the right device on the Playback tab (with volumes up) but still no
sound from the speakers? Do any of the sound meters show any apparent
activity? Can you see any difference between the pavucontrol display
as youurself and as the user for whom sound does work?
I would guess that if it is something in your home directory, it is
most likely a configuration setting, probably under .local or .config.
I see several files under ~/.config/pulse. You might try moving those
elsewhere and restarting pulse ("pulseaudio -k" then restart
pavucontrol) and comparing the before and after (if there is any change
in behavior) and possibly also comparing those files from your home dir
and those for the working user.
One other thing I might look for (I'm grasping at straws here, but also
under .local or .config) is anything related to device initialization,
perhaps USB settings.
Jack
