On Friday, 25 March 2022 09:31:44 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > I went through Jack's points one by one and answered each of them as I went. > I got almost to the end before finding the answer. Jump straight to the end > if you just want to see the fix, or read on for the detail.
Hey, not so fast! In fact I have to rm -r ~/.config/pulse && pulseaudio -k after every login. Next step. Find out what .config files change at login. I did that with a seven- step procedure which I won't repeat because I've now found that starting the streaming of audio in Firefox kills the audio: I have to reset pulseaudio AFTER starting the audio stream. So, is it reboot or Firefox that's making the mess? -- Regards, Peter.
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2c2,3 < ./.config/ksmserverrc --- > ./.config/kwinrc > ./.config/dolphinrc 3a5,32 > ./.config/gtk-3.0/window_decorations.css > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximized-active.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/close-active.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/close-normal.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximized-backdrop-normal.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/close-hover.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/minimize-normal.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/minimize-backdrop-normal.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximized-normal.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/minimize-backdrop-active.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/minimize-active.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximize-hover.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximized-backdrop-hover.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/close-backdrop-active.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximized-hover.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/close-backdrop-hover.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/minimize-backdrop-hover.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximize-backdrop-hover.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximize-backdrop-normal.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximize-backdrop-active.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximize-normal.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximize-active.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/minimize-hover.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/close-backdrop-normal.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/assets/maximized-backdrop-active.svg > ./.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css > ./.config/gtk-3.0/colors.css 5c34 < ./.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc --- > ./.config/libaccounts-glib/accounts.db-shm 7c36 < ./.config/kmail2rc --- > ./.config/kglobalshortcutsrc 9,11c38 < ./.config/session/dolphin_dolphin_dolphin < ./.config/session/dolphin_107773746e000164759177000000034170008_1648224092_236226 < ./.config/session/kwin_saved at previous logout_ --- > ./.config/session/konsole_107773746e000164759020500000034210011_1648224182_583937 12a40 > ./.config/session/konsole_107773746e000164759019400000034210010_1648224182_469308 13a42,43 > ./.config/session/konsole_107773746e000164759020900000034210012_1648224182_506505 > ./.config/session/dolphin_107773746e000164759177000000034170008_1648224182_803306 15,17c45,51 < ./.config/session/kmail2_107773746e000164822352700000034280010_1648224092_236219 < ./.config/korgacrc < ./.config/pulse/09f8662ffb03d6d3bbe6f03d60a793dd-stream-volumes.gdbm --- > ./.config/gtkrc-2.0 > ./.config/gtkrc > ./.config/xsettingsd > ./.config/xsettingsd/xsettingsd.conf > ./.config/pulse/09f8662ffb03d6d3bbe6f03d60a793dd-device-volumes.gdbm > ./.config/pulse/09f8662ffb03d6d3bbe6f03d60a793dd-default-sink > ./.config/pulse/09f8662ffb03d6d3bbe6f03d60a793dd-default-source 19,29c53,61 < ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_birthdays_resource_changes.dat < ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_unifiedmailbox_agent_changes.dat < ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_contacts_resource_0_changes.dat < ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_migration_agent_changes.dat < ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_maildispatcher_agent_changes.dat < ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_maildir_resource_0_changes.dat < ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_ical_resource_0_changes.dat < ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_imap_resource_0_changes.dat < ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_archivemail_agent_changes.dat < ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_akonotes_resource_0_changes.dat < ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_notes_agent_changes.dat --- > ./.config/akonadi/akonadiconnectionrc > ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_indexing_agent > ./.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc > ./.config/akonadi/agent_config_akonadi_imap_resource_0 > ./.config/Trolltech.conf > ./.config/autostart-scripts > ./.config/khotkeysrc > ./.kde4/share/config > ./.kde4/share/config/kdeglobals