On 19 August 2014 22:42, Dmitry Pavlov <dmitry.pavlov at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, Hiya, This list is subscriber-only, so you'll need to subscribe to post and see replies. I've manually let this message through for now. > I have the following line in my default.pa: > > load-module module-alsa-sink device=bt sink_name=alsa_bt > > Sometimes (when the corresponding physical device is turned off) > pulseaudio refuses to start, saying > > E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" > (argument: "device=bt sink_name=alsa_bt"): initialization failed. > E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed. > E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. > > While the error is not surprising, I would like Pulseaudio > to go on starting and working, just with this particular sink disabled, > and other sink(s) enabled. Is it possible? You should be able to see ".fail" and ".nofail" directives that allow you to do this. Cheers, Arun