If you are running a systemd service that needs pulseaudio up and running, then you need to do two things: set up pulseaudio as a systemd service declare a dependency on your pulseaudio systemd service At least some of the documentation for this can be found at : https://possiblelossofprecision.net/?p=1956 Cheers, Toby Haynes On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 at 15:51 Stéphane Boucher <sboucher at d-box.com> wrote: > Setup: > > Ubuntu Mate 16.04.1 > > Application to run as a systemd service. It uses PortAudio, which uses > alsaâ?¦ which uses pulse audio due to plugin. > > > > Due to needing timestamps, I explicitly what to use hw:1,0 and bypass > pulseaudio. However, it seems that pulseaudio is still required for > initialisation. > > > > Starting the application as a service (requiring sound.target) does not > work. Because no pulseaudio is started prior to login. > > > > Iâ??m at a loss as to how to cleanly do things. > > > > I see the benefits of pulseaudio, but in my present case, I need to > bypass it somehow, and have the service application able to have a properly > initialised alsa & hw:1,0. > > > > Iâ??ve tried pasuspender, but if pulseaudio is not running, pasuspender > isnâ??t happy. > > STÃ?PHANE BOUCHER > Consultant software > > D-BOX Technologies Inc. | *A.* 2172 de la Province, Longueuil, QC J4G 1R7 > CANADA | T. 450-442-3003 <(450)%20442-3003> | *W.* d-box.com > <http://www.d-box.com> > > AVIS : Ce courriel contient des renseignements confidentiels. Si vous > n'êtes pas le véritable destinataire, la diffusion ou l'usage de ce > courriel, des renseignements qu'il contient ou des documents qui lui sont > joints pourrait être illégal. Il est donc strictement interdit de les > diffuser ou de les utiliser. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, > nous vous saurions gré dâ??en aviser l'expéditeur immédiatement et de le > supprimer sans le lire, l'imprimer, le sauvegarder ou le diffuser. Nous > vous remercions de votre aimable collaboration. > > NOTICE: This e-mail contains confidential information. If you are not the > intended recipient, any disclosure or other use of this e-mail or the > information contained herein or attached hereto may be unlawful and is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please > notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail without reading, > printing, copying or forwarding it to anyone. Thank you for your kind > cooperation. > _______________________________________________ > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > pulseaudio-discuss at lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20170330/57d5031b/attachment.html>
