On Thu, 31.07.08 09:19, Ben Finney (bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au) wrote: > > > I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11. > > > W: main.c: This program is not intended to be run as root (unless > > > --system is specified). > > > > Don't run PA as root! > > The daemon is to be started as a system service on startup, since no > users will be logging in; see earlier in the thread for why (summary: > this is a networked host with the desired audio devices, which is one > reason PulseAudio is attractive). If you do this, then specify --system. > > > ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL plug:hw:0 > > > I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer plug:hw:0: No such file or directory > > Is this not indicative that PA is still having trouble connecting to > 'plug:hw:0'? Yes, for the mixer ('ctl'). "plug" doesn't implement a ctl interface. > > > > I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer hw:(null): No such device > > > I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "output" with sample spec "s16be 2ch 44100Hz" > > > I: source.c: Created source 0 "output.monitor" with sample spec "s16be 2ch 44100Hz" > > > I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 4 fragments of size 4408 bytes. > > > 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=plug:hw:0 sink_name=output"). > > This indicates PA thinks it *can* talk to 'plug:hw:0'. Which > interpretation is right? Yes, for PCM. "plug" implements pcm just fine. > ===== > .ifexists module-hal-detect.so > load-module module-hal-detect > .else > load-module module-detect > .endif > ===== > > Since the output shows 'module-hal-detect.so' exists, this should mean > the 'load-module module-detect' will not occur. Is that right? Yes. And? > Testing the client (via GNOME's "Preferences -> Sound -> Devices -> > Music and Movies -> Test") cycles without anything audible, until I > stop it. This really looks like an alsa mixer problem. Please play around with all controls you find in "alsamixer -c0"! > > Are you sure your stream is connected to the right device? > > How can I tell? What should I try to test this? Try "pavucontrol" and right click on the stream and choose the right device. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4