So, first

The order of sound cards in alsa is absolutely irrelevant for pulseaudio. It completely ignores it. So while this indeed helps prioritizing the standard sound output over HDMI, it does nothing the moment you use pulseaudio.

Second, he already stated that HDMI output is not the issue. The output bounces around the non-HDMI outputs, of which there are 2 internal and 1 USB.

Next,

This is an invalid asoundrc. According to what I found, newer alsa breaks on having the "device 0" part in the ctl block. If you change it to

the alsamixer error should go away. However, in a pulseaudio setup, alsamixer is mostly useless, as it will point to pulseaudio by default, and not the sound cards. This will only mess with your pulseaudio setup so I suggest you just delete your .asoundrc and forget about alsamixer.

What is it exactly that you want? Route all audio to a specific device (if available)?

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In the hope OP actually wants pulseaudio not working, I have created a howto
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ro-4175610714/

I appreciate your passion in this, but I fear this serves little value. For one, Slackware doesn't use nor even have systemd, or an rc.local like system.
Next, there's already plenty of threads on here detailing how to disable or even remove pulseaudio that are slackware specific.
Lastly, the OP never stated he wanted to get rid of pulseaudio, so...

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I was getting no sound from my new Helix webcam. i tried editing a line in pulse audio configuration. But until I installed guvcview, my camera audio would not work properly. Using xfce version of Zorin.

For what it's worth. Still have to unplug and plug in my webcam after booting system.

Resurrecting a 5 years old thread is considered as distasteful like is digging in a cemetery to collect bones.

What stops you to create a new thread?

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Your profile information states that you're running the Ubuntu-based Zorin distro, so the Slackware section is probably not the best place to ask for help.

If you're on Slackware, stating the version you're running (and whether it's fully upgraded) plus adding information e.g. about error messages might be a good idea. And, as LuckyCyborg pointed out, reviving threads that have been asleep for five years should be avoided.