If you go into KDE’s settings > Sound section, what devices does it show, and what type of output (like “Digital Stereo” or “Pro Audio”) are they set to?

Once in a blue moon, my audio output will get mysteriously changed to a format that does nothing, or the audio controller will go *poof* and I need to manually re-enable it. It’s rare, and I’ve never been able to pin down the exact cause, but it seems more likely after I’ve been connecting and disconnecting alternative audio devices, like my PS4 game controller (which also reads as an audio device due to its headset port), USB microphone (same deal), or USB headphone amp.

After all these years it’s still a pain point.

Huh?

Okay, it’s been a very long time since I watched that movie, but as I recall, he very clearly died. I know they went on to bring him back to life a hundred different times in PIC, though. Is that what they meant?