My sound also stopped working recently. It's a default daedelus
install.  Sound worked when I first installed, but somewhere along the
line it stopped.I never installed pulse audio.  It detects my hardware. 
When I choose to test the speakers, I hear something that sounds like a
brief crackle, then nothing.
 Getting ready to format and re-install.

--Curtis

On 12/4/23 20:19, Steve Litt wrote:
> Joel Roth via Dng said on Mon, 4 Dec 2023 12:11:01 -1000
>
>> Depending on your use habits, you might be able to manage
>> comfortably without PA at all.
> My computer is set up Alsa only and I have no complaints. For those few
> programs sabotaged to require Pulseaudio, I run them through apulse,
> which often works. I think the most time consuming thing is going
> through all your sound playing programs and setting them to Alsa output
> instead of pulseaudio.
>
> Anyone know whether this pipewire thing is any good?
>
> Has anyone here ever successfully set up Jack? I've failed many times.
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
>
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