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scar

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Registered: 2009-10-01

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pulseaudio startup fails on archlinux 64bits

Hello there!

I was about to install pulseaudio following the wiki on my Archlinux64bits box.

( I've tried it on arch32, the same setup worked fine... )

After installing pulseaudio, alsa-plugins and configuring /etc/asound.conf
the daemon refuses to start up, giving NO ERROR MESSAGE

any ideas?

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ngoonee

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Re: pulseaudio startup fails on archlinux 64bits

Details please.

How are you starting the daemon up? Does a 'pulseaudio' process exist? Are you using --system mode or normal per-user daemon? What happens when you try to run pulseaudio manually? What changes did you make to your configuration files?

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ngoonee

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Re: pulseaudio startup fails on archlinux 64bits

Details please.

How are you starting the daemon up? Does a 'pulseaudio' process exist? Are you using --system mode or normal per-user daemon? What happens when you try to run pulseaudio manually? What changes did you make to your configuration files?

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scar

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Re: pulseaudio startup fails on archlinux 64bits

OK.

1, INSTALLATION WAS:

[root@archie mate]# pacman -S pulseaudio alsa-plugins

terminated normally, no error message

2, configurated as a SYSTEM-WIDE DAEMON by editing (creating) /etc/asound.conf for alsa:

CODE:
----------------------
pcm.!default {
    type pulse
}
ctl.!default {
    type pulse
}
----------------------

and

enabling ( leaving ) the lines in /etc/pulse/system.pa

CODE:
------------------------
### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-hal-detect.so
load-module module-hal-detect
.else
----------------------

3, I'm starting pulse as a daemon with the /etc/rc.d/... method

[root@archie mate]# /etc/rc.d/pulseaudio start
:: Starting pulseaudio daemon                                            [FAIL]

4, ps -ax | grep pulse shows no running processes...

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uwinkelvos

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Registered: 2009-06-07

Posts: 129

Re: pulseaudio startup fails on archlinux 64bits

I dont know, where the daemon stores its logging info... maybe /var/log/daemon.log?! But you can simply run pulseaudio in a console and see what happens.

jinks

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Registered: 2009-07-20

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Re: pulseaudio startup fails on archlinux 64bits

Also the system wide mode is not in any way supported and should probably be removed alltogether.
AFAIK it started as a really bad hack somewhere inside Gentoo, who are now working on removing it again.
(See maintainer's blog for details... http://blog.flameeyes.eu/)

AngryKoala

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Registered: 2009-01-22

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Re: pulseaudio startup fails on archlinux 64bits

I also have this issue with Pulse.  I tried everything in the wiki to get pulseaudio to start.  However, when I open up pavucontrol, it takes 5 seconds, then pulse starts.  From there, I cannot restart it, but sound works.  Might this be an issue with the daemon itself then?

ngoonee

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Re: pulseaudio startup fails on archlinux 64bits

@AngryKoala

1. Don't add on questions to someone else's thread. Start your own thread.
2. Be specific on what you have/have not done ("tried everything in the wiki" doesn't help), especially error messages and changes to config files.

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scar

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Registered: 2009-10-01

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Re: pulseaudio startup fails on archlinux 64bits

SOLVED

I have tried to run pulseaudio from a console, it gave me an error
message while loading a module, so I've disabled the loading of
the module by uncommenting this lines in /etc/pulse/system.pa:

CODE:

------------------------------------------------------------

### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-device-restore

___________________________________________

everything is working fine now,
except these modules...
( i.e.: pulse starts and I have sound )

just a reminder: all of this happened on arch-x86_64,
I had no such problems with arch-i686

thanks for the ideas

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AngryKoala

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Registered: 2009-01-22

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Re: pulseaudio startup fails on archlinux 64bits

@AngryKoala

1. Don't add on questions to someone else's thread. Start your own thread.
2. Be specific on what you have/have not done ("tried everything in the wiki" doesn't help), especially error messages and changes to config files.

I didn't add a question, I was contributing to the same problem/solution.  It was more like a suggestion, especially since the OP's problem was exactly mine.  Also, I did not feel the need to post any error messages since the OP, once again, did that for me.  Had I made my own thread, I would be scolded for posting the exact same problem.

TY scar for the fix.

Last edited by AngryKoala (2009-11-20 16:19:48)

uwinkelvos

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Registered: 2009-06-07

Posts: 129

Re: pulseaudio startup fails on archlinux 64bits

as jinks said... system mode is not always th best idea, try per user mode.