So up until I turned my computer on this morning my external (USB) Focusrite 18i8 (2nd gen) was working fine in manjaro via pulseaudio for daily use. However, now it has stopped appearing in pulse audio. Checked with the same machine and setup booting windows and it’s all fine. If I remove the custom files, the device reappears in pulse but as only having 7.1 surround (that’s what the custom configuration was fixing).
It used the following custom files-
/lib/udev/rules.d/91-pulseaudio.rules
SUBSYSTEM!="sound", GOTO="pulseaudio1_end"
ACTION!="change", GOTO="pulseaudio1_end"
KERNEL!="card*", GOTO="pulseaudio1_end"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1235", ATTRS{idProduct}=="8204", ENV{PULSE_PROFILE_SET}="focusrite18i8.conf"
LABEL="pulseaudio1_end"
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/profile-sets/analog-surround-71.conf
[General]
auto-profiles = no
[Mapping analog-out]
description = Analog Outputs
device-strings = hw:%f
channel-map = left,right,aux0,aux1,aux2,aux3,aux4,aux5
direction = output
[Mapping analog-in]
description = Analog Inputs
device-strings = hw:%f
channel-map = left,right,aux0,aux1,aux2,aux3,aux4,aux5,aux6,aux7,aux8,aux9,aux10,aux11,aux12,aux13,aux14,aux15
direction = input
[Profile output:analog-out+input:analog-in]
description = Analog Stereo
output-mappings = analog-out
input-mappings = analog-in
skip-probe = yes
Any help to figure out what’s gone wrong massively appreciated!
EDIT: an update did take place in between me noticing the device working / not working
EDIT: the issue occurred with the move to version 3.99