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Spooks

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Registered: 2015-08-16

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Using pulseaudio and alsa simultaneously

So I tried following this guide on the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu … are_device

Except pulseaudio gives this error when I try and start it:

E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=dmix"): initialization failed.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.

Any help would be appreciated.

Last edited by Spooks (2015-08-16 16:12:49)

torors

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Registered: 2012-09-28

Posts: 106

Re: Using pulseaudio and alsa simultaneously

Have you installed  pulseaudio-alsa ?
Easy to forget

Slithery

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Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: Using pulseaudio and alsa simultaneously

Have you installed  pulseaudio-alsa ?

Um, did you actually read the section of the wiki @Spooks is following?
It specifically requires you to remove pulseaudio-alsa.

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Registered: 2013-04-10

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Re: Using pulseaudio and alsa simultaneously

I'm guessing the device= argument requires valid alsa device name, in this example 'dmix' which isn't available on your system. You can list devices with 'aplay -lL'.

Spooks

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Registered: 2015-08-16

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Re: Using pulseaudio and alsa simultaneously

I'm guessing the device= argument requires valid alsa device name, in this example 'dmix' which isn't available on your system. You can list devices with 'aplay -lL'.

this worked, but I still am not getting an audio output when setting applications like teamspeak to use pulseaudio.