On Sat, 2021-12-18 at 05:51 +0800, su wrote: > pulseaudio failed to start with a usb remote pluged into the embedded pc . The error message at journalctl is : > > > -- Boot 37de7028dfda47569d03504658160650 -- > Dec 11 04:46:09 hirsute-server systemd[1958]: Starting Sound Service... > Dec 11 04:46:10 hirsute-server pulseaudio[1967]: No such profile: output:hdmi-stereo > Dec 11 04:46:10 hirsute-server pulseaudio[1967]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/> > Dec 11 04:46:10 hirsute-server systemd[1958]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE > Dec 11 04:46:10 hirsute-server systemd[1958]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. > Dec 11 04:46:10 hirsute-server systemd[1958]: Failed to start Sound Service. > Dec 11 04:46:10 hirsute-server systemd[1958]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1. > Dec 11 04:46:10 hirsute-server systemd[1958]: Stopped Sound Service. > Dec 11 04:46:10 hirsute-server systemd[1958]: Starting Sound Service... > Dec 11 04:46:11 hirsute-server pulseaudio[2087]: No such profile: output:hdmi-stereo > Dec 11 04:46:11 hirsute-server pulseaudio[2087]: Failed to initialize daemon due to errors while executing startup commands. Source of commands: /etc/pulse/> > Dec 11 04:46:11 hirsute-server systemd[1958]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE > Dec 11 04:46:11 hirsute-server systemd[1958]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. > Dec 11 04:46:11 hirsute-server systemd[1958]: Failed to start Sound Service. > Dec 11 04:46:11 hirsute-server systemd[1958]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2. > > > This case only applies to a usb remote with microphone and it only happens during cool boot of the embedded pc. Another word , pulseaudio works if the pc boots without the remote. > And pulseaudio works too with the usb remote plugged in after system boots. Please note that this case happens with another usb remote ( with different usb vendor ID ) too. > If you need more info. , please donot hesitate to let me know. Thanks ! "No such profile" is printed in two cases: * module-alsa-card is loaded with the "profile=" argument, but the specified profile is not found * The startup script contains a set-card-profile command, or you run "pacmd set-card-profile", and the specified profile is not found. What do you have in /etc/pulse/default.pa and /etc/pulse/system.pa? -- Tanu
