From: NoEMail@home.org   
      
   Alexander Grotewohl  wrote:   
   >   
   > First just kill off everything in   
   >   
   > /home/you/.config/pulse   
      
   This would be /root/.config.pulse   
   Several tdb and . sink source things were in there   
      
   >   
   > Now run pulseaudio -k to restart it. Now everything should be baseline for   
   > the next bits..   
      
   For pulseaudio -k I get:E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: No such   
   process   
   I assume you want to restart it: pulseaudio. I get three lines   
   W: cli-command.c /etc/pulse/default.pa.d   
   E: sink alsa.... does not exist  (was what I got to work before)   
   E:GFet managed objects failed org.bluez was not provided by any .service files   
      
      
   These are not the exact messages because I am not responding on the   
   machine in question.   
   >   
   > In pavucontrol, on the Output Devices tab, is your device show there? Is   
   > the check mark to the right of it selected?   
      
   Yes, pavucontrol shows a plugged in hdmi display port and there is a green   
   check   
      
   >   
   > When you attempt to play audio with something like chrome, (or whatever   
   > isn't working) .. in the Playback tab, does it show up and display   
   > movement on the little VU meter? What if you force it with something like   
      
   I don't see a vu meter. On pavucontrol  I only see with a blue   
   line running up to 100%.   
      
      
      
   > "mpv --ao=pulse " ?   
      
   mpv plays the video, but no sound.   
      
   >   
   > In the configuration tab, what is the Profile dropdown set to?   
      
   That profile is set to a second digital stereo output: built in audio.   
   The command pactl list short sinks lists only auto_null.   
   >   
   > For the contents of asound.conf are they:   
   >   
   > pcm.default pulse   
   > ctl.default pulse   
   >   
   > These are what route programs that would normally use ALSA over through   
   > PulseAudio instead.   
   >   
   > Nothing in /etc/pulse has been adjusted? PulseAudio is supposed to start   
   > on it's own automatically without the rc.d script.. you haven't done chmod   
   > +x /etc/rc.d/rc.pulseaudio right?   
      
   Yes I had chmod +x on rc.pulseaudio. I am going to undo that and reboot the   
   system.   
      
   Miracle, I have sound. Moreover I am getting chrome sound on the support   
   monitor instead of the big screen. The support monitor is next to me   
   the big screen is on the other side of the room. Perfect.   
      
   Thank you very much.   
   >   
   > The next step after that would be to check the logs to see what pulseaudio   
   > is doing.. there are some steps to set it to be fairly verbose so you can   
   > watch what's going on:   
   >   
   > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log   
      
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