pulse is silent, alsa works, any hints for fixing pulse?

[Kevin Martin]

On 07/16/2014 08:27 AM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> Ever since I installed the nvidia binary driver to get video
> working on my GTX 750Ti card, the audio is screwed up.
> 
> If I suspend pulse and run alsamixer to unmute all
> the built in audio devices on the motherboard, I
> can play audio fine with a command line:
> 
> aplay -Dplug:front
> 
> But if I run pluseaudio, and set the output to the
> motherboard's analog stereo output, I get no sound.
> 
> Is there any procedure for translating cryptic
> working alsa into differently cryptic working pulse?
> 
> Is there some way to convince snd_hda_intel to utterly
> ignore the nvidia display port/hdmi and only recognize
> the natic motherboard audio?
> 
I know this isn't the answer you are looking for but I had to give up on pulse completely and go strictly with alsa.  In the long
run it is working better than pulse ever did and I don't get weird hangs like I used to with pulse.

My $.02.

Kevin