Sean McNamara <smcnam at gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 18:34 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > > What can I do next to diagnose this further? > > 1. Start the daemon with -vvvv --daemonize=false, and try running it > alternately as root and non-root. Paste the full console output to > us. $ /usr/bin/pulseaudio -vvvv --daemonize=false E: main.c: Root priviliges required. $ sudo /usr/bin/pulseaudio -vvvv --daemonize=false [sudo] password for bignose: I: main.c: Found user 'pulse' (UID 112) and group 'pulse' (GID 113). I: main.c: Successfully dropped root privileges. W: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes I: main.c: Dude, your kernel stinks! The chef's recommendation today is Linux with high-resolution timers enabled! D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules//module-hal-detect.so': success I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_106b_3e_alsa_playback_0' D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0... I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0. I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode. ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0 I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0' I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Master". I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "PCM". I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_106b_3e_alsa_playback_0" with sample spec "s16be 2ch 44100Hz" I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_106b_3e_alsa_playback_0.monitor" with sample spec "s16be 2ch 44100Hz" I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 4 fragments of size 4408 bytes. I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels. Using hardware volume control. D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29 I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback. I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #0; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_106b_3e_alsa_playback_0"). D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_106b_3e_alsa_capture_0' D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0... I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device front:0: No such device D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3952:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround40:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround40:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3952:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround41:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround41:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3952:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround50:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround50:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3952:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround51:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround51:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3952:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround71:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround71:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 as last resort... E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: No such device E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-source" (argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_106b_3e_alsa_capture_0"): initialization failed. D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_106b_3e_alsa_capture_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_106b_3e_alsa_control__1 I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 1 modules. I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #1; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #2; argument: "socket="/tmp/.esd/socket""). I: protocol-native.c: Allowing access to group 'pulse-access'. I: protocol-native.c: loading cookie from disk. I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #3; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #4; argument: ""). I: protocol-native.c: Allowing access to group 'pulse-access'. I: protocol-native.c: using already loaded auth cookie. I: protocol-native.c: Allowing access to group 'pulse-access'. I: protocol-native.c: using already loaded auth cookie. I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #5; argument: ""). D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Publishing services in Zeroconf D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for pulse at lily: ALSA PCM on front:0 () via DMA. I: module.c: Loaded "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #6; argument: ""). I: module-volume-restore.c: starting with empty ruleset. I: module.c: Loaded "module-volume-restore" (index: #7; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #8; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #9; argument: ""). D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_106b_3e_alsa_playback_0 becomes idle. D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_106b_3e_alsa_playback_0.monitor becomes idle. I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #10; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules//module-x11-publish.so': success D: module-x11-publish.c: using already loaded auth cookie. X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). -- \ "All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental." -- | `\ _Timequake_, Kurt Vonnegut | _o__) | Ben Finney
