At 05:31 AM 11/9/2010, you wrote: > > I tried adding each of the following (one at a time of course) to > > ~/.bashrc and none of these variations worked: > > > > export PULSE_SERVER=192.168.1.64 > >This is the only form you need. I presume you logged out and back in >again after setting this env var? > >Try this on the command line and post the results: > >export PULSE_SERVER=192.168.1.64 >export PULSE_LOG=99 >paplay -vvv /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ export PULSE_SERVER=192.168.64 jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ export PULSE_LOG=99 jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ paplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/logout.wav 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: context.c: Trying to connect to 192.168.64... Connection failure: Connection refused jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ - No sound was played - Rebooted - Used padevchooser to change default sink to remote server jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ export PULSE_LOG=99 jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ paplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/logout.wav 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: context.c: Trying to connect to tcp:192.168.1.64:4713... D: context.c: SHM possible: no D: context.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14 D: context.c: Negotiated SHM: no jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ - Sound was played through remote sound card - Rebooted jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ export PULSE_SERVER=tcp:192.168.1.64:4713 jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ export PULSE_LOG=99 jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ paplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/logout.wav 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: context.c: Trying to connect to tcp:192.168.1.64:4713... D: context.c: SHM possible: no D: context.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14 D: context.c: Negotiated SHM: no jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ - Sound was played through remote sound card (looks like we need the tcp: and the port number) - Rebooted jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ export PULSE_SERVER=tcp:ubuntu-DGTM.gateway.2wire.net:4713 jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ export PULSE_LOG=99 jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ paplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/logout.wav 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: context.c: Trying to connect to tcp:ubuntu-DGTM.gateway.2wire.net:4713... D: context.c: SHM possible: no D: context.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14 D: context.c: Negotiated SHM: no jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ - Sound was played through remote sound card (DNS works OK too) - Once a sound is played through the remote server, I can change the export back to the one that did not work and it continues to work. jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ export PULSE_SERVER=192.168.1.64 jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ paplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/logout.wav 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: context.c: Trying to connect to 192.168.1.64... D: context.c: SHM possible: no D: context.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14 D: context.c: Negotiated SHM: no jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ - Sound was played through remote sound card (not sure why this happens) - But if I play a file using totem launched from gnome it still plays through the local speakers. - If I play a file using totem launched from the command line it plays them through the remote sound card jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ export PULSE_SERVER=tcp:ubuntu-DGTM.gateway.2wire.net:4713 jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ export PULSE_LOG=99 jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ totem 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: context.c: Trying to connect to tcp:ubuntu-DGTM.gateway.2wire.net:4713... D: context.c: SHM possible: no D: context.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14 D: context.c: Negotiated SHM: no /var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gdata/tlslite/utils/cryptomath.py:9: DeprecationWarning: the sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib module instead import sha 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: context.c: Trying to connect to tcp:ubuntu-DGTM.gateway.2wire.net:4713... D: context.c: SHM possible: no D: context.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14 D: context.c: Negotiated SHM: no jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ - Sound was played through remote sound card - It looks like the problem is with getting the export in the right place before pulse starts up after login? - I put "export PULSE_SERVER=tcp:ubuntu-DGTM.gateway.2wire.net:4713" back into my ~/.bashrc file - I Rebooted - I tried running totem from the command line jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ totem /var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gdata/tlslite/utils/cryptomath.py:9: DeprecationWarning: the sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib module instead import sha jmrt at ubuntu-JMRT:~$ - Sound was played through remote sound card - I tried running totem from the desktop and the sound came out of the local speakers. So it sounds like I need to know where to put the export so that applications launched from the desktop will use the remote server. Dave
