Figured it out. I had to comment out start on runlevel [2345] in /etc/init/pulseaudio.conf qpaeq now works fine I guess it loaded the daemon before the dbus-protocol, thus preventing it from launching. Or something. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Shill Shocked <shillshocked at gmail.com>wrote: > As attachments are not possible, I have posted my configuration files here > if anybody wants to take a look. > http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=157067&p=815020 > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Shill Shocked <shillshocked at gmail.com>wrote: > >> I successfully configured a multiseat setup with pulseaudio, but I am not >> able to access qpaeq to alter equalizer settings. I have had some limited >> success with it but currently it's not working. As well I have had similar >> success using pulseaudio-equalizer. >> >> When I try to load qpaeq it gives me this error: >> There was an error connecting to pulseaudio, please make sure you have >> the pulseaudio dbus module loaded, exiting... >> >> But when I do this: >> pactl load-module module-dbus-protocol >> >> I get this: >> Failure: Module initialization failed >> >> Sound is working, and I can select either the pulseaudio-equalizer sink >> or the qpaeq sink in sound preferences, but I cannot adjust settings. >> >> With pulseaudio-equalizer, I get: >> No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. >> >> I can run pulseaudio-equalizer --system and I get: >> No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. >> No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. >> No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. >> No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. >> PulseAudio Equalizer/LADSPA Processor 2.7 (05/02/2010) >> No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. >> ------------------------------------- >> Equalizer status: [disabled] >> Equalizer configuration status: [enabled] >> Equalizer plugin: [mbeq_1197/mbeq] >> Equalizer control: [30.0,30.0,26.7,19.8,14.8,6.6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] >> NOTE: Using user-customized settings from >> '/home/phoenix/.config/pulse/equalizerrc'... >> >> Still, I have no reliable method to adjust sound settings. Is there any >> suitable solution? >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20140128/01087c3d/attachment.html>
