On November 15, 2007 05:46:49 am Colin Guthrie wrote: > I'm not 100% sure but with 0.9.7 pa I don't think there are many reasons > to run PA system wide any more. User switching is supported so that > switching from one user to another work pretty well (tho' I have to > admit I've not personally tested this!) Does that mean, a systemwide instance is not recommended and wouldn't work as expected, likely to cause problems ? > Are the users in the relevant group for accessing pulse? IIRC the > default is "pulse-access" Yes, the user is a member of the pulse-access group. Thanks for the reply. Kevin > Kevin Williams wrote: > > I have installed pulseaudio from the cvs repo and have configure the PA > > daemon to run as a system wide instance. To ensure all the apps work > > without needing to configure each of them individually, I have set the > > pulseaudio as the default ALSA plugin in /etc/asound.conf following the > > guide "Perfect Setup". > > I'm not 100% sure but with 0.9.7 pa I don't think there are many reasons > to run PA system wide any more. User switching is supported so that > switching from one user to another work pretty well (tho' I have to > admit I've not personally tested this!) > > > PA lauches without any problems. But, the problem shows up when I launch > > any of the multimedia apps. Sometimes, I see a message which says "Audio > > device not available. May be it is in use by another application". I'm > > pretty sure, there're no other apps at that same time yet, I receive > > those messages, don't know why !?? > > Are the users in the relevant group for accessing pulse? IIRC the > default is "pulse-access" > > Col > > _______________________________________________ > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > pulseaudio-discuss at mail.0pointer.de > https://tango.0pointer.de/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss