On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 11:02 -0500, Bill Cox wrote: > I'm trying to build a Vinux (blind-user Linux distro) release based on > Ubuntu/Lucid. There's too much code to rewrite to have everything > working the "right" way with pulseaudio by May, so I want to release > Vinux/Ubuntu Lucid with the system-wide hack. > > I've enabled PA to start in system wide mode by editing > /etc/defaults/pulseaudio, and enabling it there. I've added gdm, > root, speech-dispatcher, and my user name to the pulse-access group. > Pulseaudio starts, and speech-dispatcher and speechd-up work with it > just fine at boot. Since this is a distro for the blind, I boot into > a console, not gdm. The login prompt is read nicely, as is text when > I log in. However, if I try to play a .wav file, there is no sound. > None of the apps with PA back-ends will play sound for me. When I > type 'startx', Gome comes up, but the sound preference dialog tells me > there's no sound card. I suspect that rights to use it have been > granted to the speech-dispatcher user, and I'm not able to access it. > > If there is anyone who can help me get such a settup working, I'd > really appreciate it! > > Thanks, > Bill > ______________________________ Are you starting pulseaudio as --system? It may be started as the root user (which is different from system-wide mode).
