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jpjenkins

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[SOLVED] Failed to load module "module-remap-sink"

I followed this guide a few months ago: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu … eo_to_mono

Everything has been fine up until a couple of weeks ago when, suddenly, pulseaudio threw this error:

E: [pulseaudio] module-remap-sink.c: Master sink not found
E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-remap-sink" (argument: "master=alsa_output.usb-Creative_Technology_SB_Live__24-bit_External-00.analog-stereo sink_name=mono channels=2 channel_map=mono,mono"): initialization failed.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.

I checked the changelog of the most recent pulseaudio version but it doesn't give any hints as to why this would start happening.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

Last edited by jpjenkins (2016-08-29 14:46:31)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to load module "module-remap-sink"

It mentions that the master sink isn't found, recheck your pacmd list-sinks (after commenting the offending line to allow pulse to start) if the identifier for your soundcard is still the same. This can happen with ALSA updates that change the internal name and/or the available profiles. Doesn't necessarily have anything to do with pulseaudio.

Last edited by V1del (2016-08-29 10:42:40)

jpjenkins

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to load module "module-remap-sink"

Thanks, that makes sense. It appears it may be the driver for usb-snd-device, any idea how I can investigate what the new names may be? I tried to look at the changelog on the alsa website for the most recent version but the page is down.

jpjenkins

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to load module "module-remap-sink"

Found the cause, my USB has broken! Strange that it would throw that error though instead of doing what it usually does, revert back to intel audio :s Thanks for your suggestion though mate.

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to load module "module-remap-sink"

Well since this is a explicitly configured module-load it will try to load it as defined, and there's not much to fall back to in such a case. If that explicitly mentioned identifier isn't found, it won't load the module (Hint for the future: If you have volatile and not guaranteed configurations like that, adding a .nofail in front of the potential crashing line,  will make startup of pulse continue on failure. i.e.

.nofail
load-module module-remap-sink master=alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.5.analog-stereo sink_name=mono channels=2 channel_map=mono,mono
.fail #To restore the .fail behaviour on the next set of modules

jpjenkins

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Re: [SOLVED] Failed to load module "module-remap-sink"

Great advice, thanks