Pulseaudio update: built-in analog stereo no sound

Question

Hello,
Since I've updated pulseaudio, sound no longer plays on my default line-out speakers. Normally I have two sound devices hooked up: line-out and a wireless headset. Using pavucontrol, I can still switch to the headset and sound works perfectly, but my speakers get nothing. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

It might be the kernel (I had a similar problem, except with headphones instead of speakers).
My headphones were different in that I could (barely) hear audio, but I was not able to hear anything through my external speakers.
Try running the following script:
#!/bin/sh
ARCH=$(uname -m)
GOODVERSION=3.18.6-1
CACHEDIR="/var/cache/pacman/pkg"
URLBASE="http://seblu.net/a/arm/packages"
EXT="pkg.tar.xz"
INSTALLCOMMAND=""
cd $CACHEDIR
for i in "linux-${GOODVERSION}" ; do
if [ ! -f ${CACHEDIR}/${i}-${ARCH}.${EXT} ]; then
FIRSTLETTER="$(echo ${i} | head -c 1)"
sudo curl -O ${URLBASE}/${FIRSTLETTER}/${i%%-*}/${i}-${ARCH}.${EXT}
fi
INSTALLCOMMAND+=" ${CACHEDIR}/${i}-${ARCH}.${EXT}"
done
sudo pacman -U ${INSTALLCOMMAND}
You will need to reboot.
Hope this helped.