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   root  wrote:   
   > root  wrote:   
   >> My sound problems began when I updated my system with slackpkg.   
   >> It seems that pulseaudio has intruded into my system. However,   
   >> even when I disable pulseaudio I still have no sound. Today   
   >> I have now spent over four hours trying to get something   
   >> out of pulseaudio. I can get pactl commands to work and   
   >> pactl info gives me:   
   >>   
   >> Server String: /var/run/pulse/native   
   >> Library Protocol Version: 31   
   >> Server Protocol Version: 31   
   >> Is Local: yes   
   >> Client Index: 0   
   >> Tile Size: 65472   
   >> User Name: pulse   
   >> Host Name: torr   
   >> Server Name: pulseaudio   
   >> Server Version: 9.0-rebootstrapped   
   >> Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz   
   >> Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right   
   >> Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo   
   >> Default Source: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo   
   >> Cookie: 8c6f:cf2f   
   >>   
   >> There is where my sound problems arise: pulseaudio sends   
   >> my output to analog-stereo.   
   >>   
   >> So I want to change that to hdmi output which used   
   >> to be alsa:device=plughw=1.3   
   >>   
   >> I need to run pacmd list-sinks to find what   
   >> is available, but the pacmd command yields:   
   >>   
   >> No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.   
   >>   
   >> Well the daemon is running so pacmd is broken.   
   >>   
   >> I hope to be able to /etc/pulse/client.conf to   
   >> set the default-sink to something that functions   
   >> like the alsa:device=plughw=1.3. I can't   
   >> find any examples.   
   >>   
   >> WTF?   
   >>   
   >> Thanks for any suggestions.   
   >   
   > I have made a breakthrough. If I manually start pulseaudio & I   
   > get the followin error message:   
   >   
   > Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" argument: device = hw: 1,7"   
   initialization failed.   
   >   
   > I need to change the argument to device = hw: 1,3   
   >   
   > Any ideas of where the command comes from and how to change it?   
      
   OK, I found that the load module command was defined in   
   /etc/pulse/default.pa:   
   load-module module-alsa-sink device = hw: 1,3   
      
   Which was 1,7. The module still fails to load.   
      
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