Re: How to permanently change default sound input source?

[didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com>]

1) pacmd modifies only a running instance of pulseaudio: all is lost
when pulseaudio stops
2) to alter permanently the default source input in pulseaudio, you may
edit your client config' file (cf man pulse-client.conf)
3) mate-media depends either on mate-media-gstreamer or
mate-media-pulse: if the former is installed, install
gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio and gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio in order for the
mate sound control to manage pulseaudio
4) I do not know the mate sound applet, but judging by the xfce applet I
use, you probably have to select pulseaudio instead of alsa in its
config dialog