On Sat, 30.01.10 15:59, Paul Menzel (paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net) wrote: > Dear PulseAudio folks, > > > I want to debug PulseAudio problems as described in [1]. > > Therefore I added `autospawn = no` to `~/.pulse/client.conf` and issued > `pulseaudio -k` and `pulseaudio -vvvvv`. > > But after doing so all my programs are not able to connect to the > PulseAudio server(?) anymore. > > Putting `autospawn = yes` to `~/.pulse/client.conf` produces the same > behavior besides with MPlayer, where it is sometimes able to connect to > the server but fails in over 90 % of the attempts doing so. Please reproduce this with "PULSE_LOG=99 pactl stat" and post the output here. Also, please check syslog. > 1. For example running `gstreamer-properties` which has PulseAudio > selected as output device gives an error message. > > $ LANG=C gstreamer-properties > gstreamer-properties-Message: Error running pipeline 'PulseAudio Sound Server': Failed to connect: Connection refused [pulsesink.c(442): gst_pulseringbuffer_open_device (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstPulseSink:pulsesink3] > > 2. Also MPlayer does not work anymore with PulseAudio as output. > > AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused > Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse' > Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. > Audio: no sound Both of these look as if autospawning is in fact disabled. Running things with PULSE_LOG=99 should show whether the PA client libs actually try autospawning. > D: module-udev-detect.c: /dev/snd/controlC0 is accessible: yes > D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded > D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved > D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded There's something seriously wrong with your CK setup. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4
