On 04/06/2011 09:50 PM, Brendan Jones wrote: > On 07/04/11 14:01, JD wrote: >> $ pulseaudio --start >> E: main.c: Daemon startup failed. >> >> That's it? No clear reason given? >> How can I fix it?? >> What's missing? >> >> $ lsmod | grep snd >> snd_intel8x0 22695 0 >> snd_intel8x0m 9544 0 >> snd_ac97_codec 87363 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m >> ac97_bus 770 1 snd_ac97_codec >> snd_seq 41894 0 >> snd_seq_device 4405 1 snd_seq >> snd_pcm 60533 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec >> snd_timer 16073 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm >> snd 42770 7 >> snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer >> soundcore 4578 1 snd >> snd_page_alloc 5733 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm >> >> > It may be already running, try pulseaudio -k; pulseaudio -vvvvv > > More info here: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_PulseAudio_problems Thanx Brendan. Found the problem. a file used by the dbus daemon was vacant. I restored it, logged out and logged back in and all is well. The file was: /etc/dbus-1/system.d/Upstart.conf Chees, JD -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines