Lennart, No go, I get: lroom# vi /etc/pulse/default.pa lroom# pulseaudio --system -v I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11. I: main.c: Found user 'pulse' (UID 499) and group 'pulse' (GID 499). I: main.c: Successfully dropped root privileges. 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! ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM iec958:CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0 E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device iec958:CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0: Invalid argument E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=iec958:CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0"): initialization failed. E: main.c: Module load failed. E: main.c: failed to initialize daemon. I: main.c: Daemon terminated. Jim "Lennart Poettering" <lennart at poettering.net> wrote in message news:20080327130700.GA9730 at tango.0pointer.de... > On Wed, 26.03.08 20:38, Jim Duda (jim at duda.tzo.com) wrote: > >> lroom# pulseaudio --system -v >> I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11. >> I: main.c: Found user 'pulse' (UID 499) and group 'pulse' (GID 499). >> I: main.c: Successfully dropped root privileges. >> 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! >> ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 >> ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM spdif:0 >> E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device spdif:0: Invalid argument >> E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: >> "device=spdif:0"): initialization failed. >> E: main.c: Module load failed. >> E: main.c: failed to initialize daemon. >> I: main.c: Daemon terminated. > > > Hmm, it doesn't quite accept the parameter. This is > interesting. Please try to pass iec958:CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0 as > device. > > Oh, and iec958 and spdif as device strings are fully synonymous. > > Lennart > > -- > Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. > lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 > http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4
