fenrir/tools/configure_pulse.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script configures Pulse to work both in the graphical environment and in the console with root apps.

if [[ $(whoami) != "root" ]]; then
# Get the current user's XDG_HOME
xdgPath="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}"
mkdir -p "$xdgPath/pulse"

# Warn user if we are going to overwrite an existing default.pa
if [ -f "$xdgPath/pulse/default.pa" ]; then
    read -p "This will replace the current file located at $xdgPath/pulse/default.pa, press enter to continue or control+c to abort. " continue
fi
echo '.include /etc/pulse/default.pa
load-module module-switch-on-connect
load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-anonymous=1 socket=/tmp/pulse.sock' > $xdgPath/pulse/default.pa
echo "If you have not yet done so, please run this script as root to write the client.conf file."
else
# This section does the root part:
xdgPath="/root/.config"
mkdir -p "$xdgPath/pulse"

# Warn user if we are going to overwrite an existing default.pa
if [ -f "$xdgPath/pulse/default.pa" ]; then
    read -p "This will replace the current file located at $xdgPath/pulse/default.pa, press enter to continue or control+c to abort. " continue
fi

cat << EOF > "$xdgPath/pulse/client.conf"
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

## Configuration file for PulseAudio clients. See pulse-client.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
## commenting.

; default-sink =
; default-source =
default-server = unix:/tmp/pulse.sock 
; default-dbus-server =

autospawn = no
; autospawn = yes
; daemon-binary = /usr/bin/pulseaudio
; extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog

; cookie-file =

; enable-shm = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB

; auto-connect-localhost = no
; auto-connect-display = no
EOF
echo "If you have not yet done so, run this script as your normal user to write the user default.pa"
fi

# If there were no errors tell user to restart, else warn them errors happened.
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Configuration created successfully, please restart Pulseaudio or your system, for changes to take affect."
else
echo "Errors were encountered whilst writing the configuration, please correct them manually."
fi
exit 0