From 4489d42702e563d820ac4f7ed67d891c6029ee41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nevaforget <dom@moonarch.de>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:43:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs(desktop): record why pactl is not installed

Steam prints "pactl: command not found" and it means nothing: it probes
wpctl and pactl both and uses whichever is on PATH, which wireplumber
provides. Closed as expected behaviour in nixpkgs#525793.
---
 modules/desktop.nix | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/desktop.nix b/modules/desktop.nix
index dae8a76..cefacfd 100644
--- a/modules/desktop.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop.nix
@@ -294,7 +294,9 @@ in
     # Terminal
     foot
 
-    # Audio
+    # Audio. No pulseaudio for pactl: Steam probes wpctl and pactl both and
+    # takes whichever is on PATH (nixpkgs#525793), and wireplumber puts wpctl
+    # there. Its "pactl: command not found" is noise from Steam, not a gap.
     pavucontrol
     alsa-utils