Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 15.04 (vivid) reached end-of-life on February 4, 2016.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1412611 Title: redefining "default" in ~/.asoundrc is impossible after pulseaudio is installed Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: redefining "default" in ~/.asoundrc is ineffective after pulseaudio is installed. upon removing /usr/share/alsa/pulse-alsa.conf it becomes possible again. i'm sure we can discuss at length whether this is an implementation bug or a documentation bug, but either way, it should be far easier than many hours of wanton searching to arrive at this simple fact. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu22 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-9.10-generic 3.18.2 Uname: Linux 3.18.0-9-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.15.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: mino 1850 F.... lxpanel mino 1896 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Mon Jan 19 18:57:18 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-16 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha i386 (20150114) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/09/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG dmi.board.name: K8M800-8237 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd01/09/2008:svn:pn:pvr:rvn:rnK8M800-8237:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1412611/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

