Yes, I forgot I had edited default.pa before trying to get this work. I removed those edits. Then ran Pulse with verbose.... These complaints come from probing the microphone on my USB webcam... Apr 2 06:21:57 terra pulseaudio[6322]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 16000 Hz. Apr 2 06:21:57 terra pulseaudio[6322]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 2 channels, changed to 1. Apr 2 06:21:57 terra pulseaudio[6322]: module-alsa-source.c: Your kernel driver is broken: it reports a volume range from 18.00 dB to 18.00 dB which makes no sense. This is my main problem... D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_46d_990_BF15FF18_if2_alsa_control__1 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_284b_alsa_control__1 The pci_8086_284b_alsa_control__1 device is my S/PDIF. Why is pulse not loading it? That's why I had to manually edit the file. jonsmirl at terra:~$ pulseaudio -vvvv I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE. I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges. I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE. D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege. N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges: N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits. N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user. I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14 D: main.c: Compilation host: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math D: main.c: Running on host: Linux x86_64 2.6.29-jds #39 SMP Sun Mar 29 00:39:52 EDT 2009 I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no D: main.c: Optimized build: yes I: main.c: Machine ID is 2266d3c96c3a623ed4029ea049d36d8b. I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/jonsmirl/.pulse/2266d3c96c3a623ed4029ea049d36d8b:runtime. I: main.c: Using state directory /home/jonsmirl/.pulse. I: main.c: Running in system mode: no I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit! D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472 D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: ""). I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/jonsmirl/.pulse/2266d3c96c3a623ed4029ea049d36d8b:device-volumes.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'. I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: ""). I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/jonsmirl/.pulse/2266d3c96c3a623ed4029ea049d36d8b:stream-volumes.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'. I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: ""). 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: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=1 source_name=alsa_input.usb_device_46d_990_BF15FF18_if2_alsa_capture_0 tsched=0' D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:front:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:front:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:front:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround40:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround40:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:surround40:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround41:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround41:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:surround41:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround50:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround50:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:surround50:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround51:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround51:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:surround51:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround71:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround71:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:surround71:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:1 as last resort... D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... W: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 16000 Hz. W: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 2 channels, changed to 1. I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device hw:1. I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode. I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:1' I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Capture" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume. I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Mic". I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.usb_device_46d_990_BF15FF18_if2_alsa_capture_0. I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.usb_device_46d_990_BF15FF18_if2_alsa_capture_0. I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_input.usb_device_46d_990_BF15FF18_if2_alsa_capture_0" with sample spec s16le 1ch 16000Hz and channel map mono I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 320 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0 D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1 I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 3072. W: module-alsa-source.c: Your kernel driver is broken: it reports a volume range from 18.00 dB to 18.00 dB which makes no sense. I: alsa-util.c: All 1 channels can be mapped to mixer channels. I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale not supported. D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 1 'QuickCam Pro 9000' device 0 subdevice 0 D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is: D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD D: alsa-util.c: channels : 1 D: alsa-util.c: rate : 16000 D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 16000 (16000/1) D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 1280 D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 160 D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000 D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 160 D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 5764607523034234880 D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 5764607523034234880 D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29 D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.usb_device_46d_990_BF15FF18_if2_alsa_capture_0 becomes idle. I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=1 source_name=alsa_input.usb_device_46d_990_BF15FF18_if2_alsa_capture_0 tsched=0"). D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_1 D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_alsa_capture_0 tsched=0' D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0. I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode. I: (alsa-lib)control.c: 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: Using mixer control "Capture". I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_alsa_capture_0. I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_alsa_capture_0. I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_alsa_capture_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0 D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1 I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 14. I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 21.00 dB. I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels. I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported. D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51 D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0 D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256 D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is: D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2 D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584 D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448 D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158 D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448 D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 8070450532247928832 D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 8070450532247928832 D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0 D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is: D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2 D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584 D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448 D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158 D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448 D: alsa-util.c: period_event D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 64% 1: 64% D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28 D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 64% 1: 64% D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_alsa_capture_0 becomes idle. I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_alsa_capture_0 tsched=0"). D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0 tsched=0' D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0. I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode. I: (alsa-lib)control.c: 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: Using mixer control "Master". I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0. I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0. I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0.monitor. I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0.monitor. I: source.c: Created source 2 "alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0 D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1 I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 127. I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -95.25 dB to 0.00 dB. I: alsa-util.c: ALSA device lacks independant volume controls for each channel. I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported. D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51 D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0 D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256 D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is: D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2 D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584 D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448 D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158 D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448 D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 8070450532247928832 D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 8070450532247928832 D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0 D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is: D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2 D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584 D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448 D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158 D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448 D: alsa-util.c: period_even D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 68% 1: 68% D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+27 D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 68% 1: 68% D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback. D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0.monitor becomes idle. D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0 becomes idle. I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #6; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0 tsched=0"). D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_284b_alsa_hw_specific_2 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_46d_990_BF15FF18_if2_alsa_control__1 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_284b_alsa_control__1 I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 3 modules. I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #7; argument: "tsched=0"). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #9; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #10; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #11; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #12; argument: ""). I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1" D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1 I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #13; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #14; argument: ""). I: main.c: Daemon startup complete. D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.usb_device_46d_990_BF15FF18_if2_alsa_capture_0 idle for too long, suspending ... I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended... I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_alsa_capture_0 idle for too long, suspending ... I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended... I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ... I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_alsa_playback_0 idle for too long, suspending ... I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended... -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl at gmail.com
