[SOLVED] PulseAudio Volume Control won't start anymore

StefanMu · 2013-11-02 23:58:27

Hi!
As described in the title, PulseAudio Volume Control won't start from one day to another.

I have no clue where this could come from or what I could have done wrong to create this issue.

Here is how it looks like:
When I start it, it seems to be loading but after some time it just disappears and nothing happens.

I also have the same looking issue with KMix and Google Music Manager.

Do any of you have an idea where this could be coming from?

Thanks for your help :-)

Last edited by StefanMu (2014-01-10 01:15:24)

HalosGhost · 2013-11-03 00:05:52

I assume, by PulseAudio Volume Control, you're referring to pavucontrol. Which package do you have installed (there's one in [extra] and two (three?) in the ALUR)?

Are you starting it from the console? If not, would you do so and see if that reveals any useful output messages?

All the best,

-HG

StefanMu · 2013-11-03 00:34:53

I don't know if I'm doing right, but when I hit pavucontrol into the terminal I get:
pavucontrol: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1: undefined symbol: gtk_header_bar_get_type

Am I doing the right thing?

StefanMu · 2013-11-11 03:02:05

Since nobody answered me, I'm asking again, if anyone has any idea how to solve this problem!

HalosGhost · 2013-11-11 03:04:57

StefanMu wrote:

I don't know if I'm doing right, but when I hit pavucontrol into the terminal I get:
pavucontrol: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1: undefined symbol: gtk_header_bar_get_type
Am I doing the right thing?

Do you have extra/gtkmm3 installed?

Since nobody answered me, I'm asking again, if anyone has any idea how to solve this problem! neutral

Please read the Forum Etiquette, particularly the section regarding bumping.

All the best,

-HG

miniclip22 · 2013-12-28 03:51:24

HalosGhost wrote:

StefanMu wrote:
I don't know if I'm doing right, but when I hit pavucontrol into the terminal I get:
pavucontrol: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1: undefined symbol: gtk_header_bar_get_type
Am I doing the right thing?
Do you have extra/gtkmm3 installed?
Since nobody answered me, I'm asking again, if anyone has any idea how to solve this problem! neutral
Please read the Forum Etiquette, particularly the section regarding bumping.
All the best,
-HG

Hi, I am experiencing the same problem after a fresh Arch Linux x64 install. I do have extra/gtkmm3 installed, and when I run pavucontrol I get the error mentioned above.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Rasi · 2013-12-28 05:29:11

StefanMu, you are not giving enough details. Have there been any updates, that are pulse or gtk related. What versions do you have installed of gtk, gtkmm, libpulse, pavucontrol. Are all of those repository packages, or is something built from AUR? Any custom repositories?

miniclip22 · 2013-12-28 07:07:13

Rasi wrote:

StefanMu, you are not giving enough details. Have there been any updates, that are pulse or gtk related. What versions do you have installed of gtk, gtkmm, libpulse, pavucontrol. Are all of those repository packages, or is something built from AUR? Any custom repositories?

Hi, and thanks for your reply. Here are the details:

gtk:

 [root@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX miniclip22]# pacman -Qi gtk
Name           : gtk
Version        : 1.2.10-13
Description    : GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit (v1)

gtkmm:

 [root@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX miniclip22]# pacman -Qi gtkmm
Name           : gtkmm
Version        : 2.24.4-1
Description    : C++ bindings for gtk2
Architecture   : x86_64
URL            : [url]http://www.gtkmm.org/[/url]

libpulse:

 [root@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX miniclip22]# pacman -Qi libpulse
Name           : libpulse
Version        : 4.0-6
Description    : A featureful, general-purpose sound server (client library)
Architecture   : x86_64

pavucontrol:

 [root@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX miniclip22]# pacman -Qi pavucontrol
Name           : pavucontrol
Version        : 2.0-2
Description    : A GTK volume control for PulseAudio
Architecture   : x86_64

They are all repository packages, NOT from the AUR. As previously mentioned, this is a fresh install, so I don't have any custom repositories. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Last edited by miniclip22 (2013-12-28 18:42:12)

ewaller · 2013-12-28 07:45:46

miniclip22,
Welcome to Arch Linux Please use BBCode code tags when posting program output and file contents. It windows the output, uses a monospace font, and provides scroll bars for long pasages. Your readers will appreciate it. There is also a link under every post box.

Thanks

miniclip22 · 2013-12-28 18:44:03

ewaller wrote:

miniclip22,
Welcome to Arch Linux Please use BBCode code tags when posting program output and file contents. It windows the output, uses a monospace font, and provides scroll bars for long pasages. Your readers will appreciate it. There is also a link under every post box.
Thanks

Hi, I have edited my post as required. Could someone care to help me, please? Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

ewaller · 2013-12-28 19:25:51

I guess the answer is no, others are not seeing the problem. When I launch pavucontrol from the console, the program runs and there is no output to the console (no errors).
In which environment are you running? (Gnome, Kde, OpenBox, i3, etc...)

(Oh, and thank you for updating your post with BBcode )

miniclip22 · 2013-12-28 20:26:49

ewaller wrote:

I guess the answer is no, others are not seeing the problem. When I launch pavucontrol from the console, the program runs and there is no output to the console (no errors).
In which environment are you running? (Gnome, Kde, OpenBox, i3, etc...)
(Oh, and thank you for updating your post with BBcode )

I am running Arch x64, KDE, fresh install. The only thread I found was the user that started it.. With the exact same problem. I have no sound via my USB headphones, however I have via the headphone jack.

ewaller · 2013-12-28 20:59:14

Does pavucontrol start, regardless of the error?
Can you see indication of audio levels in the GUI?
Have you started an alsa mixer and verified that the headphones are not muted and that the volume is turned up?

miniclip22 · 2013-12-28 21:12:51

ewaller wrote:

Does pavucontrol start, regardless of the error?
Can you see indication of audio levels in the GUI?
Have you started an alsa mixer and verified that the headphones are not muted and that the volume is turned up?

- No, pavucontrol does not start at all. I get the error mentioned above:

 pavucontrol: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1: undefined symbol: gtk_header_bar_get_type

- Since pavucontrol does not start, I can't see the audio levels in the GUI.
- I rely on pavucontrol to set the output audio only to my USB headphones; they work just fine in alsa mixer if connected via the headphone jack (not usb).

Any help is appreciated.

ewaller · 2013-12-28 21:58:34

Run the following commands and verify that you get the same results:

ewaller$@$odin ~ 1016 %file /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0   
/usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=bd2fc2601769256f07fce95c43aed5a4cdba1119, stripped
ewaller$@$odin ~ 1017 %strings /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0 | grep header_bar_get_type
gtk_header_bar_get_type
ewaller$@$odin ~ 1018 %

miniclip22 · 2013-12-28 22:18:18

ewaller wrote:

Run the following commands and verify that you get the same results:

ewaller$@$odin ~ 1016 %file /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0   
/usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=bd2fc2601769256f07fce95c43aed5a4cdba1119, stripped
ewaller$@$odin ~ 1017 %strings /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0 | grep header_bar_get_type
gtk_header_bar_get_type
ewaller$@$odin ~ 1018 %

Hi, sorry for my lack of expertise, but when I try a command,I get this:

 [root@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX miniclip22]# 1016 %file /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0  
bash: 1016: command not found

HalosGhost · 2013-12-28 22:20:35

miniclip22 wrote:

Hi, sorry for my lack of expertise, but when I try a command,I get this:
 [root@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX miniclip22]# 1016 %file /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0  
bash: 1016: command not found  

That'd be because you were typing parts of the command you shouldn't be. The command is actually just `file`. The 1016 % is part of ewaller's prompt

All the best,

-HG

miniclip22 · 2013-12-28 22:25:38

HalosGhost wrote:

miniclip22 wrote:
Hi, sorry for my lack of expertise, but when I try a command,I get this:
 [root@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX miniclip22]# 1016 %file /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0  
bash: 1016: command not found  
That'd be because you were typing parts of the command you shouldn't be. The command is actually just `file`. The 1016 % is part of ewaller's prompt
All the best,
-HG

I can confirm I have the same results:

 root@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX miniclip22]# file /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0 
/usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=bd2fc2601769256f07fce95c43aed5a4cdba1119, stripped
[root@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX miniclip22]# strings /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0 | grep header_bar_get_type
gtk_header_bar_get_type
[root@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX miniclip22]#

Thanks in advance!

ewaller · 2013-12-28 22:37:57

Wow. Okay, what is the output of ls -l /usr/lib/libgtkmm*

miniclip22 · 2013-12-28 22:39:57

ewaller wrote:

Wow. Okay, what is the output of ls -l /usr/lib/libgtkmm*

 [root@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX miniclip22]# ls -l /usr/lib/libgtkmm*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      21 Jun 28  2013 /usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so -> libgtkmm-2.4.so.1.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      21 Jun 28  2013 /usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 -> libgtkmm-2.4.so.1.1.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4532776 Jun 28  2013 /usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      21 Oct 11 15:25 /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so -> libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      21 Oct 11 15:25 /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1 -> libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5225384 Oct 11 15:25 /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      23 Dec 28 02:46 /usr/lib/libgtkmm-utils.so -> libgtkmm-utils.so.2.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      23 Dec 28 02:46 /usr/lib/libgtkmm-utils.so.2 -> libgtkmm-utils.so.2.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  184040 Dec 28 02:46 /usr/lib/libgtkmm-utils.so.2.0.0

ewaller · 2013-12-28 22:49:35

I am stumped.

miniclip22 · 2013-12-28 22:50:37

ewaller wrote:

I am stumped.

And after all this, I still get the same error:

 [miniclip22@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX ~]$ pavucontrol
pavucontrol: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1: undefined symbol: gtk_header_bar_get_type

ewaller · 2013-12-28 23:11:35

I see you are running that as a user, not root. That is good.
Have you considered creating a new user and trying it with a fresh profile? And yes, I understand this whole system is a fresh install.

miniclip22 · 2013-12-28 23:26:02

ewaller wrote:

I see you are running that as a user, not root. That is good.
Have you considered creating a new user and trying it with a fresh profile? And yes, I understand this whole system is a fresh install.

I have tried on a fresh profile, same results:

[test@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX ~]$ pavucontrol
pavucontrol: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1: undefined symbol: gtk_header_bar_get_type
[test@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX ~]$

miniclip22 · 2013-12-29 02:10:11

miniclip22 wrote:

ewaller wrote:
I see you are running that as a user, not root. That is good.
Have you considered creating a new user and trying it with a fresh profile? And yes, I understand this whole system is a fresh install.
I have tried on a fresh profile, same results:
[test@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX ~]$ pavucontrol
pavucontrol: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.so.1: undefined symbol: gtk_header_bar_get_type
[test@ACDCROCKS-ARCH_LINUX ~]$  

Strangely enough, after I unplugged and plugged in my USB headset, I got sound through USB, although pavucontrol still doesn't work, same error. Any ideas? Many thanks in advance!

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