Can you run the following, then try running pavucontrol again?
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME/
It is curious that your permissions would be off, though- are you using your normal (not a guest user) account?
Can you run the following, then try running pavucontrol again?
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME/
It is curious that your permissions would be off, though- are you using your normal (not a guest user) account?