Pulseaudio problem. Plasma. Tumbleweed.

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We upgraded our TV set to 4K and I switched to HDMI audio and had it configured and working on the computer connected to it.
It is not running the Nvidia driver. Nouveau is what it’s using.
After a reboot it no longer works. No audio devices show up at all because the pulseaudio server is crashed and it’s not restarting.
I get this message when I try and open Pulseaudio Volume Control.https://photos.app.goo.gl/Wi49oGnUyB61wuR83
(Screen shot at link. The forum software won’t allow me to insert an image or nor will it follow that URL to it.)

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when I try and restart the server following the suggestion I get to following

flamebait@linux-6zio:~> start-pulseaudio-x11
Connection failure: Connection refused
pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused

Trying to locate the file referenced in the suggestion in /etc/x11/ or /etc/ is fruitless.
Ideas?

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Try starting pulseaudio from a terminal (as user) like this

pulseaudio -k;pulseaudio --log-level=debug --verbose

and capture what is reported.

The log can be captured to a file if desired…

pulseaudio -k;pulseaudio --log-level=debug --log-time=1 --verbose > ~/pulseaudio.log 2>&1 &
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You might also try removing ~/.config/pulse/ (or at least renaming it), then restart pulseaudio and see if that helps.

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This with a reboot fixed it…
Full audio is now working

renamed pulse to ~/.config/pulse/ to ~/.config/pulse-old/ reconfigured, closed all configuration windows and rebooted.
Great success.

Thanks

5

Good to know that worked for you. :slight_smile: