Sorry for the long delay; looks like my spam filter ate the last reply. Now looks like this on startup: W: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/home/joshua/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory W: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authentication key '/home/joshua/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory W: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/home/joshua/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory W: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authentication key '/home/joshua/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory E: [pulseaudio] module-console-kit.c: GetSessionsForUnixUser() call failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit was not provided by any .service files E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-console-kit" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
pactl info now reports: Server String: /tmp/pulse-ddOQt3aAAhE4/native Library Protocol Version: 32 Server Protocol Version: 32 Is Local: yes Client Index: 0 Tile Size: 65472 User Name: joshua Host Name: nova Server Name: pulseaudio Server Version: 12.2 Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo Default Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor Cookie: [snip]