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From: covici@××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] problem trying to play sound when pulse audio is enabled
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:36:18
Message-Id: 4481.1367213751@ccs.covici.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] problem trying to play sound when pulse audio is enabled by "Canek Peláez Valdés"
1 Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:57 PM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
4 > > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:
5 > >
6 > >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:08 PM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
7 > >> > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:
8 > >> >
9 > >> >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:07 PM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
10 > >> >> > Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:
11 > >> >> >
12 > >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:56 PM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
13 > >> >> >> > Hi. I have not used pulseaudio at all, but with gnome 3.8 I guess it
14 > >> >> >> > must be there, but when I try to play a sound using either mplayer from
15 > >> >> >> > the console which works fine withalsa, or even aplay, I get no sound
16 > >> >> >> > unless I change the /etc/pulse/client.conf to spawn=no .
17 > >> >> >>
18 > >> >> >> Unless you have a very specific setup, you should not need to touch
19 > >> >> >> the files under /etc/pulse. Also, are you trying to run the
20 > >> >> >> system-wide PulseAudio service? Because that's basically wrong:
21 > >> >> >>
22 > >> >> >> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/WhatIsWrongWithSystemWide
23 > >> >> >>
24 > >> >> >> > Anyway to fix this?
25 > >> >> >>
26 > >> >> >> If you are running PA as a normal user (as you should), then perhaps
27 > >> >> >> the per-application volume for MPlayer is muted. While playing
28 > >> >> >> something with MPlayer, go to Settings -> Sound, then select the
29 > >> >> >> Applications tab, and there should be a volume slider for all the
30 > >> >> >> applications using audio. Just adjust as necessary.
31 > >> >> >
32 > >> >> > I got no sound when pa was run as a user. I am running these apps from
33 > >> >> > the console -- apps such as aplay or anything which uses alsa. So I
34 > >> >> > can't adjust any volumes under gnome, etc.
35 > >> >>
36 > >> >> Also, from the console you can use pactl. To play a sample sound there, do:
37 > >> >>
38 > >> >> pactl play-sample 0
39 > >> >> pactl play-sample 1
40 > >> >>
41 > >> >> It should work. You can also set the volume from here:
42 > >> >>
43 > >> >> pactl set-sink-volume 0 "100%"
44 > >> >>
45 > >> >> 0 is usually the "master" volume.
46 > >> >>
47 > >> >> Check out man pactl.
48 > >> >
49 > >> > Well, in either system or user mode, root can play sound whereas a
50 > >> > regular user gets silent, but without pulseaudio -- spawn=no, then a
51 > >> > regular user can play sound. Does this give a clue?
52 > >>
53 > >> Not really; as I said, the PA documentation clearly says that if you
54 > >> use system mode "You are on your own. You need to know you way around,
55 > >> be able to write init scripts, dbus policies, to fix up device
56 > >> permissions, and unix users, you need to pass around security cookies
57 > >> and more."
58 > >>
59 > >> I haven't ever used system-wide PA.
60 > >>
61 > >> I think of the following; try to delete both /root/.pulse and
62 > >> $HOME/.pulse, and rebooting (probably a logout/login should suffice,
63 > >> but you never know).
64 > >>
65 > >> Another thing: if you installed PA since GNOME 3.8 needs it, why are
66 > >> you using it without GNOME? If you use GNOME, the session manager will
67 > >> automatically start PA as a user for you, and everything should work.
68 > >> If you are not running GNOME, why do you run PA? If you are at the
69 > >> console without X running, just don't use PA. Use mplayer -ao alsa or
70 > >> whatever.
71 > >>
72 > >> Or do you want to run several audio apps in the console?
73 > >
74 > > I want to run apps from the console, but to start gnome when I need it.
75 >
76 > Then do that. When you start GNOME, it will start PA automatically:
77 > you don't need to do anything. Don't try to start PA yourself; it's
78 > DBus activated.
79 >
80 >
81 > > I am running pa as a user and things are still not working, except for
82 > > the root user who can play sounds.
83 >
84 > I repeat: you don't need to run PA. GNOME will start it for you.
85
86 But will that workif I have spawn=no in my /etc/pulse/client.conf which
87 I have to have for regular apps to work from theconsole? Or is there
88 some other way to make this happen?
89
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96
97 John Covici
98 covici@××××××××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] problem trying to play sound when pulse audio is enabled "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com>