[pulseaudio-discuss] Pulseaudio passthrough branch doesn't read /etc/pulse/default.pa

[Dark Shadow]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Colin Guthrie <gmane at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
> 'Twas brillig, and Dark Shadow at 23/03/11 23:30 did gyre and gimble:
>> Pulse stopped reading /etc/pulse before I put the file into ~/.pulse.
>>
>> Here is everything I did
>>
>> Install Ubuntu
>> edit /etc/pulse/default.pa to add my hdmi sink
>> ...everything works for awhile...
>> update to the passthrough git branch to get dts-hd passthrough with xbmc
>> my sink is gone and /etc/pulse/default.pa isn't being read
>> copy just that file into ~/.pulse and the sink starts working again
>>
>>
>> I don't even have a daemon.conf in ~/.pulse
>
> Ahh that's probably because you compiled the branch that way.
>
> You have to pass --sysconfdir=/etc to configure for it to look in that
> folder. By default (i.e. no arguments to configure) it will be
> /usr/local/etc
>
> Col

Thanks that must be it since I just used the basic --prefix=/usr