On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 19:35:54 -1000 david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/13/2014 11:24 AM, Len Ovens wrote: > > > > On Mon, 14 Apr 2014, Max wrote: > > > >> I'm running PulseAudio on top of Jack and I'm satisfied with the > >> experience > >> http://trac.jackaudio.org/wiki/WalkThrough/User/PulseOnJack > >> One exception is that i need to restart PulseAudio (pulseaudio -k) > >> and the application using it (for ex. Chromium or Firefox) after > >> every suspend. Is there a way to solve this little annoyance? > > > > First thing is to make sure you have a current PA as there has been > > a lot of work on it in the past few years. Things that didn't work > > or not right in 2012 have been fixed and work now. [edit, this does > > not seem to be fixed lp:#1232295 is not closed] I don't personally > > know about suspend because I don't happen to need/use it. Once PA > > gets restarted though, I don't think there is much you can do about > > chromium/firefox although just reloading the page should bring it > > back because the pulse port is not opened by gstream until/unless > > the web page needs it. It should be the same with many other > > desktop apps (which is why PA-jack is so useful). Many of them shut > > the port just with a pause and certainly with a stop/play (but that > > would loose the place you were if part way through a movie). This > > page: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#No_sound_after_resume_from_suspend > > > > Suggests that pulseaudio -k is not the best thing to do and that > > using pasuspender will not break running applications like the > > browser. The script on the same page will only work if you have > > systemd running the system... so not debian or derivatives (just > > yet). > > > > It sounds like jackdbus has made it through the suspend ok anyway. > > IIRC, older Firefox versions used to not let go of the audio system > (if Flash was installed) until you closed Firefox. I have a friend > who up to a few years ago had a script he ran (after closing Firefox) > to kill the remaining Flash process that it would leave behind. Current firefox keeps the flash process alive and running even though all websites that used flash have been closed. At least the process exits when firefox exits. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
