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#1 2016-07-02 20:35:48

crunchiebones
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Registered: 2016-03-29
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Pulseaudio not starting

I did a system update and my sound disappeared..  I tried to kill and restart pulseaudio.
i did

 pulseaudio --start 

I got

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

and

 pulseaudio 
 E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Failed to write PID file.
 E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. 

output of pulseaudio -v:

I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: This is PulseAudio 9.0
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Machine ID is e864519246e343d3bca55a291b6fc5b9.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Session ID is c1.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using runtime directory /run/user/1000/pulse.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using state directory /home/jing/.config/pulse.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulse-9.0/modules.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode: no
E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Failed to write PID file.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.

help is needed :]

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#2 2016-07-12 10:44:03

LucasHC
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Registered: 2016-07-12
Posts: 4

Re: Pulseaudio not starting

Hi,

It seems like it is some sort of permission error. Have you tried launching it as root or with sudo?
Where do you launch it? In xinitrc, or somewhere else?

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#3 2016-07-12 19:53:58

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#4 2020-10-19 13:50:33

konstan
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Registered: 2020-10-18
Posts: 5

Re: Pulseaudio not starting

Pardon if I am not being conformant to any standards of querying, this is my first time on an Arch Forum. Am a newbie.
I get exactly the same error as crunchiebones. I am on a barebone arch, no GNOME.
Have tried the Troubleshooting on Wiki page,
Resetting PulseAudio: Not working
Other utitlities : pulseaudio -vvvv throws the same error messages reported by crunchiebones above.

Could I have some clue as to how to go around? This thread seems still open. Any help is really appreciated!

Last edited by konstan (2020-10-19 13:51:12)

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#5 2020-10-19 14:02:14

robson75
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From: Poland
Registered: 2020-06-28
Posts: 144

Re: Pulseaudio not starting

Run

systemctl enable --user pulseaudio.service 

And

systemctl enable --user pulseaudio.socket

Arch Linux Xfce - 64Bit Linux User #621110

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#6 2020-10-19 14:06:31

V1del
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Registered: 2012-10-16
Posts: 21,427

Re: Pulseaudio not starting

Please do not necrobump 4 year old threads, should above advice not be sufficient make your own thread including details of how your system is set up.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping%22

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