On Wed 10 Aug 2016 at 10:25:43 -0600, Levi Darrell wrote: > > > > Being in the audio group is neither > > here nor there. > > > > The audio problem is specifically with pavucontrol. The audio itself still > works through alsa. I'm inclined to believe it has something to do with > some of the libraries I installed, since other programs, such as firefox > and evince, are also failing.
You compiled audacity v. 2.1.2; why not use the version in Stretch, which is 2.1.2? I cannot see what pulseaudio does or doesn't do has any bearing on a document viewer or a web browser behaving correctly.