[SOLVED] Can't seem to get Pulseaudio to work

lazarojhr16 · 2012-10-21 15:29:05

hello, i have sound on my computer through alsa, but i'm trying to get pulseaudio to work. i installed it and configured it yesterday following the wiki but it doesn't work, when i do
pulseaudio --start i get the following:

E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed.

what can i do to fix can't seem to find out how on the wiki, probobly my fault i'm still new to linux. any info you need me to post i will asap. thanks fo all the help.

Last edited by lazarojhr16 (2012-10-22 22:10:51)

lazarojhr16 · 2012-10-21 17:42:54

Also

 pulseaudio
E: [pulseaudio] bluetooth-util.c: org.bluez.Manager.ListAdapters() failed: org.freedesktop.systemd1.LoadFailed: Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service' for details.
E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to open module "module-equilizer-sink": file not found
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.

lazarojhr16 · 2012-10-21 17:46:40

this can maybe help

pactl load-module module-equalizer-sink

Connection failure: Connection refused
pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused

and

qpaeq

There was an error connecting to pulseaudio, please make sure you have the pulseaudio dbus and equalizer modules loaded, exiting...

lazarojhr16 · 2012-10-22 22:10:38

nvm figured it out.

headkase · 2012-10-22 22:18:10

lazarojhr16 wrote:

nvm figured it out.

How? Without what you did this thread is not truly "solved" for future people who may chance upon it through search engines..

chris_l · 2012-10-28 21:06:57

@lazarojhr16: Dude, thats rude. If you figured it out how to fix it, you gotta post it.
I came here looking for the answer, and since the thread was marked with "[SOLVED]" I was happy to found the solution... but it wasn't here

But! I figured it out too! yay!
So, nvm.
cya

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Just kidding!

SOLUTION:
After reinstalling pulseaudio, I got the following message:

>>> If you have per-user copies of configuration files (such as client.conf,
daemon.conf or default.pa) in ~/.pulse/, make sure you keep them in sync
with changes to the packaged files in /etc/pulse/. Otherwise, PulseAudio
may refuse to start due to configuration errors.

So, I just had to delete the .pulse directory on my home. Since I have pulseaudio-equalizer, I had to backup the ~/.pulse/equalizer* files first, restart pulseaudio with pulseaudio --start, and the cp those files back.

Thats it.

lazarojhr16 · 2012-11-10 04:24:20

sorry for closing the thread, but it was something dumb. I wrote module-equalazer-sink on the .conf file (don't remember which one) instead of module-equalizer-sink

kernelOfTruth · 2013-09-07 23:00:07

@chris_l:

thanks for posting your "fix"

just had the same issue & that solved it

jasonwryan · 2013-09-08 04:04:04

Please don't necrobump, particularly with empty posts:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.27

Closing

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#1 2012-10-21 15:29:05

[SOLVED] Can't seem to get Pulseaudio to work

#2 2012-10-21 17:42:54

Re: [SOLVED] Can't seem to get Pulseaudio to work

#3 2012-10-21 17:46:40

Re: [SOLVED] Can't seem to get Pulseaudio to work

#4 2012-10-22 22:10:38

Re: [SOLVED] Can't seem to get Pulseaudio to work

#5 2012-10-22 22:18:10

Re: [SOLVED] Can't seem to get Pulseaudio to work

#6 2012-10-28 21:06:57

Re: [SOLVED] Can't seem to get Pulseaudio to work

#7 2012-11-10 04:24:20

Re: [SOLVED] Can't seem to get Pulseaudio to work

#8 2013-09-07 23:00:07

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#9 2013-09-08 04:04:04

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