Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> writes: > Sean McNamara <smcnam at gmail.com> writes: > > > You should probably comment out module-x11-publish from > > /etc/pulse/default.pa. It's not as useful as it sounds, and > > depending on the circumstances, that X error alone could be causing > > the server to shut down. > > Okay. Am I right in thinking that I will still get a functioning > PulseAudio client-server session in the absence of an X11 connection? The answer to this is yes. With the 'load-module module-x11-publish' commented out, the PulseAudio server now starts: ===== $ sudo /usr/bin/pulseaudio -vvvv --daemonize=false 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 I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability oss I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 0 modules. I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #0; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #1; 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: #2; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #3; 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: #4; argument: ""). D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Publishing services in Zeroconf I: module.c: Loaded "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #5; argument: ""). I: module-volume-restore.c: starting with empty ruleset. I: module.c: Loaded "module-volume-restore" (index: #6; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #7; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #8; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #9; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules//module-gconf.so': failure I: main.c: Daemon startup complete. D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established main service. ===== When I stop this, and 'sudo invoke-rc.d pulseaudio start', that process succeeds also. A client in a user session is then able to connect to the server across TCP/IP. Thanks for helping me get this far. Could I suggest that the 'daemon startup failed' message be changed, to at least include the proximate *reason* why the startup failed. -- \ "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more | `\ expected." ?Unix Programmer's Manual, 2nd Ed.,1972-06-12 | _o__) | Ben Finney
