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#1 2019-05-04 12:41:57

mururoa
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Output audio problem since last update

Hi there,
Until a few days ago all was ok on my devuan + xfce desktop. Then I did a system update.
After the update the default audio card is selected on each system boot.
Before the output selected was 'hdmi 2' and now it's 'IEC 958 Output' wich should be the computer sound card wich is the first working device (IE not unplugged).
If I run the audio selector and select back 'hdmi 2' all is ok but this is dropped on each reboot and I have to select it again sad Real pain for an HTPC.
I've done my homework and tried to add set-default-sink and set-default-source in pulse audio config file and then remove all ~/.config/pulse directory but it did not solve the problem.
It seems to me that pulse audio is utterly complex so I need your help there.
Some hints ?
This is latest Devuan version 2.0 updated.

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#2 2019-05-04 16:41:08

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Re: Output audio problem since last update

mururoa wrote:

I've done my homework and tried to add set-default-sink and set-default-source in pulse audio config file

Please post your configuration files.

Background for everybody else: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=141895


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#3 2019-05-05 06:55:37

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Re: Output audio problem since last update

If you mean PulseAudio config here it is :

#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started per-user
# (i.e. not in system mode)

.fail

### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore

### Automatically augment property information from .desktop files
### stored in /usr/share/application
load-module module-augment-properties

### Should be after module-*-restore but before module-*-detect
load-module module-switch-on-port-available

### Load audio drivers statically
### (it's probably better to not load these drivers manually, but instead
### use module-udev-detect -- see below -- for doing this automatically)
#load-module module-alsa-sink
#load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
#load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-null-sink
#load-module module-pipe-sink

### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else
### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev support)
load-module module-detect
.endif

### Automatically connect sink and source if JACK server is present
.ifexists module-jackdbus-detect.so
.nofail
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
.fail
.endif

### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
.endif

.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
.endif

### Load several protocols
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix

### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
### here if you plan to use paprefs)
#load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-zeroconf-publish

### Load the RTP receiver module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-rtp-recv

### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 sink_properties="device.description='RTP Multicast Sink'"
#load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor

### Load additional modules from GConf settings. This can be configured with the paprefs tool.
### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might conflict with manually
### loaded modules.
.ifexists module-gconf.so
.nofail
load-module module-gconf
.fail
.endif

### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
### during runtime
### NOTE: This should be loaded as early as possible so that subsequent modules
### that look up the default sink/source get the right value
load-module module-default-device-restore

### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
### connected to dies, similar for sources
load-module module-rescue-streams

### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink.
load-module module-always-sink

### Honour intended role device property
load-module module-intended-roles

### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
load-module module-suspend-on-idle

### If autoexit on idle is enabled we want to make sure we only quit
### when no local session needs us anymore.
.ifexists module-console-kit.so
load-module module-console-kit
.endif
.ifexists module-systemd-login.so
load-module module-systemd-login
.endif

### Enable positioned event sounds
load-module module-position-event-sounds

### Cork music/video streams when a phone stream is active
load-module module-role-cork

### Modules to allow autoloading of filters (such as echo cancellation)
### on demand. module-filter-heuristics tries to determine what filters
### make sense, and module-filter-apply does the heavy-lifting of
### loading modules and rerouting streams.
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply

### Make some devices default
#set-default-sink output
#set-default-source input
set-default-sink 2
set-default-source 2

pactl only list the active sink but in the graphical tool I can see more than 15 sinks and at least 5 or 6 not tagged 'unplugged'.
So there, the correct sink :

pactl list short sinks
2       alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.hdmi-stereo-extra1 module-alsa-card.c      s16le 2ch 48000Hz       SUSPENDED

But just after boot it's set to the wrong output despite the set-default-sink 2 in the config file :

pactl list short sinks
0       auto_null       module-null-sink.c      s16le 2ch 44100Hz       IDLE

Last edited by mururoa (2019-05-05 07:06:09)

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#4 2019-05-05 13:06:26

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Re: Output audio problem since last update

That is strange, the configuration file should work (I think).

Is there anything in the logs?

It may be worth trying pavucontrol to see if changes made by that program "stick" for the next boot.

Or add the relevant pactl commands to your desktop startup file(s).

EDIT: try putting your configuration in ~/.config/pulse/daemon instead (if that's not where it already is).

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2019-05-05 13:08:30)


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#5 2019-05-05 19:58:25

mururoa
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Re: Output audio problem since last update

pavucontrol is the default tool on XFCE so that's the tool I use to set the sound each and every boot now.
Wich command should I use to configure the sound in command line ?
Nothing much in the logs but :

May  5 08:21:23 ht-PC pulseaudio[3226]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Sink 2 does not exist.
May  5 08:21:23 ht-PC pulseaudio[3226]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Source 2 does not exist.

since I try to set the good sink @boot.

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#6 2019-05-06 16:55:41

mururoa
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Re: Output audio problem since last update

Well, I gave up the fight against pulseaudio and reinstalled the HTPC.
This time I installed MX Linux.
Another distro based on Debian.
That takes me the day but all is ok now.

PS: I nearly broke the computer while preventing the cpu fan to spin but after a hard reset and some times for the cpu to cool from 105 to 30 it's ok now.

Last edited by mururoa (2019-05-06 17:00:20)

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