On Mon, 2021-10-11 at 22:19 +0000, Joel wrote: > Tanu - > > Thank you for your response. Please note - I have very little experience with pulseaudio and alsa, except as a user. When it comes to the configuration, I'm a complete novice and concluded that I made a mistake somewhere by copying these files. > > Yes, I copied the file from user library and it does contain the following lines (16 & 17): > > Requires=pulseaudio.socket > ConditionUser=!root > > Here is a link to the complete pulseaudio.service file: https://susepaste.org/20298491 > > I gather that the comments preceding those lines hint at the problem I created. > > For completeness, here is a link to the modified client.conf file: https://susepaste.org/83477827 > > What do you suggest I do here? You don't need pulseaudio.socket if you're starting pulseaudio at boot, so remove that file and from pulseaudio.service remove the "Requires=pulseaudio.socket" and "Also=pulseaudio.socket" lines. Also remove the "ConditionUser=!root" line. -- Tanu