On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 23:51 -0800, Andrew Farris wrote: > Rodd Clarkson wrote: > >> This sounds as if some other process blocked the audio device when > >> switching back the session so that PA was unable to reopen the device > >> and thus playback stays suspended. > >> > >> Could you please check this, by running "pactl" in a terminal when > >> this happens again, and then type "list-sinks"? If your sound card > >> sink remains in SUSPENDED state, than this is most likely the issue. > >> > >> Or, you might have hit the well-known issue HAL where it fails to > >> restore ACLs sometimes and thus PA is not able to reopen the device > >> properly. Check getfacl /dev/snd/* > > > > So, I'm intersted in this so I can try to debug this and provide useful > > information for resolving this issue. > > > > I tried running pactl, but get this: > > > > [rodd@localhost ~]$ pactl > > No valid command specified. > > > > I then tried > > > > [rodd@localhost ~]$ pactl list-sinks > > No valid command specified. > > > > Finally I did a check of man pactl and then tried 'pactl list' but this > > gives a huge output, only some of which is 'sinks'. > > > > How would I tell what state my sound card is in (currently it's working, > > but I wanted to try all this while everything worked so I could see > > what's changed.) > > Yeah pactl list is correct, and I think the state is included in the FLAGS, so > one of the flags included on the line for that on each sink would be SUSPENDED, > if its not there its not suspended. I have not yet seen it marked suspended > when this bug occurs (and rhythmbox freezes). Right. You and I seem to have different issues. For me Rhythmbox doens't freeze, but PA stops responding (and so no sounds play). R. > > -- > Andrew Farris <lordmorgul@xxxxxxxxx> www.lordmorgul.net > gpg 0xC99B1DF3 fingerprint CDEC 6FAD BA27 40DF 707E A2E0 F0F6 E622 C99B 1DF3 > No one now has, and no one will ever again get, the big picture. - Daniel Geer > ---- ---- > -- "It's a fine line between denial and faith. It's much better on my side" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
