Fucking Pulseaudio

No sound. Output is redirected over some HDMI channel i don't use.
It started after some package upgrade.

Fixed by installing paprefs "simultaneus output for all local cards" in Output tabs.

Pulsheaidsio

you got poettered

Fixed by uninstalling poetteringware.

Strong competition between Linux and Windows 10 for the title of The Worst OS Ever.

>>6
No contest here. Windows 10(and forced upgrades to it) is that final straw that made "Linux on The Desktop" a reality here. Its ironically Microsoft making windows worse and worse made linux flaws seem less and less important.
Now with spying updates and total surveillance built-in, its a no-brainer what to choose.

>>7

implying Linux has no spying or backdoors

>>8
It doesn't, its 100% open source. You can review the code anytime.

>>8
who are you quoting?

>>9

Things can be hidden in plain site. It’s called stegsnography or obfuscation. Or someone could just submit code that is insecure knowing that it’s insecure and pretend that they didn’t know.

The problem with open source is that everybody assumes someone else will audit the source code.

But when was the last time you looked over the entire source? Besides, if you use binaries instead of compiling from source, it might not be the same as the source code they provide.

>>11
Plenty of security researchers and companies audit linux code.
Its been statically analyzed and fuzz tested numerous times too.

Here is the "proper solution" that doesn't require sending audio to all cards.


If you find that your sound cards keep switching indices, you won't be able to hardcode defaults.pcm.card 2 in /etc/asound.conf. One (complex) approach might work, is to configure the sound kernel modules with your desired priority.

This approach is described in Debian Bug #614113:

run alsamixer;
use F6 and research available sound devices
set correct levels for playing on devices;
run some sound player that allow select sound devices (audacious for example);
play with you sound devices (with repeating steps 2,3) and decide what should be default;
exit alsamixer and player;
login as root;
run lsmod | grep snd and try to understood what modules corresponds to physical sound devices;
if unsure that you correctly determine modules on step 2: go to /sys/module and inspect all directories wich names begins with "snd". This directories names exactly as modules. If you will see "drivers" directory in inspected directory - then name of inspected directory is name of module that corresponds to physical sound device. Remember (wrote in notepad) all such modules.
run modinfo <module name> | grep desc for each module that yo found at steps 2 and 3. Read descriptions and make decidion about priorities of this modules. This will be priorities of corresponding sound devices.
go to /etc/modprobe.d;
create snd_cards_priorities.conf;

write to snd_cards_priorities.conf something like this:

alias snd-card-0 <module for highest priority card>
options <module for highest priority card> index=0
alias snd-card-1 <module for lower priority card>
options <module for lower priority card> index=1

save file;
restart alsa with /usr/sbin/alsa force-reload command;
run cat /proc/asound/cards command and check that sound devices are in correct order (device #0 has highest priority);
repeat steps 9, 10 several times and check that sound devices order is not changing;

exit root;

run alsamixer and configure you default sound device, exit alsamixer.
use you favorite sound player to test you new configuration.

>>12
fuzz my anus