Yes, it's running as user 'pulse' like this: /usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --daemonize --high-priority --log-target=syslog --disallow-module-loading=1 Bill On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee at gmail.com> wrote: > 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). > > _______________________________________________ > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > pulseaudio-discuss at mail.0pointer.de > https://tango.0pointer.de/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss >
