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hofa

Member

Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 25

Something wrong with pulseaudio after update

Hi,

After upgrading my packages pulseaudio won't work anymore.
I can still open alsamixer and play sound purely on alsa when I delete the entries in /etc/asound.conf

I'm really close to abandoning PA. Almost every update gives me problems...

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Something wrong with pulseaudio after update

Pulseaudio needs to be rebuilt against libcap. I think there is a bug report already but you might want to check.

samoturk

Member

From: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 86

Re: Something wrong with pulseaudio after update

I solved the problem with:
ln -s /lib/libcap.so /lib/libcap.so.1

But proper way should be, as Snowman suggested, rebuilding pulseaudio.

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Something wrong with pulseaudio after update

I solved the problem with:
ln -s /lib/libcap.so /lib/libcap.so.1

But proper way should be, as Snowman suggested, rebuilding pulseaudio.

Never symlink libraries like that. You risk breaking your system.

hofa

Member

Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 25

Re: Something wrong with pulseaudio after update

Thanks for the answers, can I expect an update for pulseaudio on the repo's soon?

Last edited by hofa (2009-04-15 17:25:08)

samoturk

Member

From: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 86

Re: Something wrong with pulseaudio after update

@Snowman

I use it just as temporary solution. Can you just briefly explain how can such symlinking break my system? (if it's not too offtopic)

ataraxia

Member

From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: Something wrong with pulseaudio after update

Can you just briefly explain how can such symlinking break my system? (if it's not too offtopic)

The reason the number changed is because it's incompatible with the old version somehow. If you run into one of those incompatibilities, it will break something, and it might happen a long time later, once you've long forgotten you made the link. Then nobody will be able to figure out what's wrong, and you'll be very unhappy.

hofa

Member

Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 25

Re: Something wrong with pulseaudio after update

Byebye pulseaudio, hello OSS. That's what fixed my problem...