On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 08:44 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: > 'Twas brillig, and Ng Oon-Ee at 30/09/10 02:50 did gyre and gimble: > > On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 16:00 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: > >> I suspect this is something to do with gconf. > >> > >> paprefs just sets some keys in gconf and it's up to module-gconf to > >> actually read and process them. > >> > >> I believe (tho' have not checked) that module-gconf will not wait for > >> gconf itself to be loaded before being considered "loaded" therefore, > >> the set-default-sink combined in default.pa may not work, even if the > >> gconf is available and working. > >> > >> Out of curiosity, does unloading/reloading just module-gconf make the > >> simultaneous output appear? (as opposed to killing the whole of the PA > >> daemon) It's not any more elegant a solution but it does narrow down > >> where the problem lies :D > > > > Isn't it always this way... now that I want to test that it starts > > working properly every single boot. The next time I see this issue I'll > > be sure to try unloading/reloading module-gconf. Probably a race > > condition of some sort. > > hehe, yup! 9 out of 10 problem are solved simply by saying "Hey, this is > weird. Hey, come see this. Look, when I do this, that happe... oh wait > it didn't" :p > > Col > Ah, I just logged out and logged back in to get my scanner working and the same thing happened again =). Unloading and reloading module-gconf didn't seem to have an effect (maybe I wasn't doing it correctly?). In any case, this is pactl list pastebins from before and after. Anything else I need to check? http://pastebin.com/rM1gJfEr - pactl list before pulseaudio -k http://pastebin.com/RYEZGVbr - pactl list after pulseaudio -k
