In Reply to: Baek Chang <baeksan at ccrma.stanford.edu> > "module-suspend-on-idle" should suspend the alsa devices when no clients are > idle or not connected for 5 seconds by default. > try loading that module and see if it actually closes the handle to the alsa > devices. Thanks a lot. It can be that easy. That did the trick! I will have to make sure to close pavucontrol, though. Andreas