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I tried to install pulseaudio but failed.
pacman -S pulseaudio
pulseaudio --start
E: main.c: Daemon startup failed.
How to solve this problem?
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Read the wiki on Pulseaudio. Only ask questions if that doesn't work. Provide more details when you do have specific questions.
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virtue@virtue ~ $ sudo pulseaudio --system
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W: main.c: Running in system mode, but --disallow-exit not set!
W: main.c: Running in system mode, but --disallow-module-loading not set!
N: main.c: Running in system mode, forcibly disabling SHM mode!
N: main.c: Running in system mode, forcibly disabling exit idle time!
W: main.c: OK, so you are running PA in system mode. Please note that you most likely shouldn't be doing that.
W: main.c: If you do it nonetheless then it's your own fault if things don't work as expected.
W: main.c: Please read http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/WhatIsWrongWithSystemMode for an explanation why system mode is usually a bad idea.
W: module.c: module-hal-detect is deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-hal-detect!
W: module-hal-detect-compat.c: We will now load module-udev-detect. Please make sure to remove module-hal-detect from your configuration.
W: module.c: module-volume-restore is deprecated: Please use module-stream-restore instead of module-volume-restore!
W: module-volume-restore.c: We will now load module-stream-restore. Please make sure to remove module-volume-restore from your configuration.
E: module.c: Module "module-stream-restore" should be loaded once at most. Refusing to load.
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-volume-restore" (argument: "table="/var/pulse/volume-restore.table""): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
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See this thread. Post #6.
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