On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 09:16:21AM -0700, Chime Hart wrote: > Hi Joel: I wouldn't mind a strictly alsa setup, but 1 of my Linux experts > thinks I need pulse along the way. Thanks > Chime Chime, I also mention it for debugging purposes. To confirm you're able to output sound to the card you expect. You would know (as is likely in this case) that the problem is at a higher level. Is your speech dispatcher written in Python? Whatever it is, you may have to consider reverting your changes to get your sound functionality back. Certainly there are tools to install multiple versions of Python, if you need to fix the version for a particular application. The 'unstable' distribution is especially subject to regressions. -- Joel Roth To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx.