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.
2026-08-20 18:43:31 +02:00
parent af101afd14
commit 4489d42702
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@@ -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