Hi Pulse Audiophiles,
I'm trying to do about what the Pulse Whole Home Audio project was trying
to do (did?), but the link to that is non-functional, and I presume it's
defunct. So, I'm trying to do it on my own.
However, I'm a bit stymied right "out of the gate" because my installation
"looks nothing like" what the documentation says I should find.
To be clear, all the systems but two lowly Windows boxes are on Fedora,
and most of these on the new 38 server release that came out a couple of
months ago - I'm starting with one of these. The pulse packages are:
pulseaudio-libs-16.1-4.fc38.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-glib2-16.1-4.fc38.x86_64
pulseaudio-utils-16.1-4.fc38.x86_64
pipewire-pulseaudio-0.3.71-2.fc38.x86_64
pavucontrol-5.0-8.fc38.x86_64
...And if I try and install paprefs, it complains:
Problem: problem with installed package pipewire-pulseaudio-0.3.71-2.fc38.x86_64
(I've also tried installing "pulse-audio*" with similar results.)
That said, though there's no reference to Fedora in the FAQ, I PRESUME
there's some web page somewhere to help folks like me figure out the
differences of this distribution?! I say that because I can't be alone in
these experiences:
When I try and look for things, there is no /usr/bin/pulseaudio binary,
for example, though in /etc/pulse are client.conf and default.pa.
(default.pa has one active line and one comment line - I don't recall
editing it but MAYBE I did some weeks back?! The file is dated June 17.)
When I try pacmd list-modules, I get:
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
And there doesn't appear to be any obvious way to even start a daemon - no
executable?!
If I try launching pavucontrol, I get a white pop-up that says,
"Establishing a connection to PulseAudio. Please wait..." and it never
returns even though music is playing!
Etc.
A gentle push in the right direction, please?!
Thanks,
Richard
