How to enable Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller?

Solution 1:

Enable Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller?

Here’s what I did:

1. run pavucontrol

2. under the Configuration tab (all the way to the right - it might not be visible initially), disable any audio devices you don’t intend to use

3. under the “Output Devices” tab, select “Port: Headphones (unplugged)”

4. To make the change permanent, edit the default.pa file with elevated privileges:

   sudo {text editor of choice} /etc/pulse/default.pa`
   

   ^{Note: Be sure to replace {text editor of choice} with your {text editor of choice}.}

   Add the following to the end of the file:

   set-sink-port 0 analog-output-headphones
   

To list all of the details of your sound devices, you can run pactl list cards. When referencing the device number in /etc/pulse/default.pa, be sure to use the value under alsa.card and NOT the initial Card # listing. In my case Card#0 was alsa.card = "1" and vice versa.

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