pulseaudio ========== ## server shutting down when used with a WM If you are not running a fully fledged DE you might have trouble with pulseaudio shutting down after being idle for a while. You can work around this by starting pulseaudio like this: ~/.xinitrc #!/bin/bash pulseaudio --start --exit-idle-time=-1 --log-target=syslog & exec /usr/bin/myawesomewm ## system mode See [What is wrong with system mode? – PulseAudio](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/WhatIsWrongWithSystemWide/) for more information.