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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