Hello
Will test as you say.
It is not the first account that is logged in that takes the sound card.
That I am sure.
Also, with the Alsa mixer, I get the same indication as the KDE Volume
or the Pavcontrol. I am testing further.
I did make one change to groups and I have reverted it just now. I
added the user that takes control of the sound card to the audio group
as I was trying to get ZynAddSubFX to work and that was one of the
suggestions.
On 11/04/2021 04:27, Lukas Ruzicka wrote:
Hello,
you could also check for the following:
* Is it always a particular account that takes the audio or is the
first logged in after a fresh reboot?
* Is any of the accounts in some special group? Like audio for instance?
* When you create a completely new user, how does it behave?
Luk
On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 9:37 PM Robin Laing <MeSat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:MeSat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hello Lukas
Don't normally top post but.
Okay, installed pavcontrol and in the one account I get both the
Built-in Audio Analog Surround 5.1
and
GM206 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)
In the second account I only get.
GM206 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)
I am also getting an error if I try to get a screen shot in the second
account.
In the third account I only get a dummy output right after switching in
and logging in for the first time.
I will have to do some more testing but it seems that the first account
to use audio takes control of the 5.1 output but will confirm.
Will look at pipewire.
Robin
On 10/04/2021 11:10, Lukas Ruzicka wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have never experienced that one account would steal a sound device
> from other accounts, if that account is not being used at the moment.
> Interesting.
> First I would start by installing *pavucontrol* and I would try
looking
> if the cards are visible there and if they can be chosen for output.
> Then, I would also consider switching to PipeWire, which is
possible on
> Fedora 33 by installing the *pipewire* package and the
> *pipewire-pulseaudio* package.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 7:30 AM Robin Laing
<MeSat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:MeSat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> <mailto:MeSat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:MeSat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>
> I use multiple accounts and recently a major headache has
occurred with
> pulseaudio. My problem started last weekend.
>
> From what I have found so far is that one account takes
over a media
> output device.
>
> On my present system, I use the onboard sound for all audio
but the
> HDMI
> says that it has audio. Both computer monitors do have an
audio output
> jack. Sound card is connected to 5.1 speaker system.
>
> On average, I have two or three accounts open for work and
private
> stuff
> which has worked for many years with no problems. Recently,
the issue
> has arose that the one account I use for general day to day
stuff has
> taken over the sound card for only it's usage.
>
> The second account that is for work has tried to use the HDMI
output
> but
> cannot even see the sound card as an option. If I restart
pulseaudio,
> then no devices are found until I at least lock the account
and log
> back in.
>
> If I open a third account which I have to use for online related
> work, I
> have no sound device to use until I do a reboot.
>
> I have looked at trouble shooting this but I am lost. Most
online
> troubleshooting help is geared to a single account being used.
>
> To add to the issue, I use mplayer as my main player and in
the second
> account, it refused to work if I had tried to restart
pulseaudio. It
> works with no sound if the HDMI/Display port is the only
device as
> there
> are no speakers It is not an mplayer configuration as I have
cloned
> the
> configuration from the account that works.
>
> No changes to the /etc/pulse/* files since last November
which would
> have been the upgrade to F33.
>
>
> Where do I start?
>
>
> Robin
Okay
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