On 22:53 Wed 01 Jan , Klaus wrote: > > > So, even just after reboot and as it would be expected, the two > cards are listed by alsa, and yet, first time round PA doesn't find > them both. When you restart PA, they are correctly identified and > subsequently functional through PA. How odd. > > I don't really know now: I'd probably try whether card0 is > functional in alsa before you restart PA: > > $ aplay -D front <sound-file.wav>
Before I kill pa the first time: mlaks@Rashi:~$ aplay -D front piano2.wav aplay: main:682: audio open error: Device or resource busy then I do: mlaks@Rashi:~$ ps aux|grep pulse 125 5074 14.4 0.0 457064 7192 ? Sl 21:13 1:07 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog 125 5570 0.0 0.0 117148 3204 ? S 21:13 0:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper mlaks 6601 0.0 0.0 311224 6432 ? S<l 21:20 0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog mlaks 6608 0.0 0.0 117120 3172 ? S 21:20 0:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper mlaks 6629 0.0 0.0 8528 876 pts/2 S+ 21:21 0:00 grep pulse then as root I kill 5074 and and 6601 After I kill pa mlaks@Rashi:~$ aplay -D front piano2.wav aplay: main:682: audio open error: Device or resource busy > > (there are some files under /usr/share/sounds/ ) > AFAIK udev should have initiated loading the sound modules, and if > the above aplay cmd doesn't work, I'd check > > $ lsmod | grep snd I did this after restarting pa and it says Rashi:/home/mlaks# lsmod |grep snd snd_hda_codec_hdmi 35722 1 snd_hda_codec_via 22798 1 snd_hda_intel 39672 4 snd_hda_codec 146743 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13148 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss 44847 0 snd_mixer_oss 22042 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 84096 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel snd_page_alloc 17114 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel snd_seq_midi 12848 0 snd_seq_midi_event 13316 1 snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi 26805 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 48834 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_device 13132 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi snd_timer 26614 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd 60869 20 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss > > Are there any pulseaudio related messages in syslog? > > $ grep -i pulse /var/log/syslog > Rashi:/home/mlaks# grep -i pulse /var/log/syslog Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] module-jackdbus-detect.c: Unable to contact D-Bus session bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-jackdbus-detect" (argument: "channels=2"): initialization failed. Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed. Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] server-lookup.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 Jan 1 00:52:57 Rashi pulseaudio[9010]: [pulseaudio] bluetooth-util.c: org.bluez.Manager.GetProperties() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.67" (uid=125 pid=9010 comm="/usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog ") interface="org.bluez.Manager" member="GetProperties" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.bluez" (uid=0 pid=4606 comm="/usr/sbin/bluetoothd ") Jan 1 08:47:37 Rashi pulseaudio[8196]: [alsa-sink-VT1708S Analog] alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:0: Device or resource busy Jan 1 08:48:21 Rashi rtkit-daemon[4852]: Successfully made thread 15287 of process 15287 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11. Jan 1 08:48:21 Rashi rtkit-daemon[4852]: Successfully made thread 15289 of process 15287 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5. Jan 1 08:48:21 Rashi rtkit-daemon[4852]: Successfully made thread 15290 of process 15287 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5. Jan 1 21:13:56 Rashi pulseaudio[5074]: [pulseaudio] module-jackdbus-detect.c: Unable to contact D-Bus session bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 Jan 1 21:13:56 Rashi pulseaudio[5074]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-jackdbus-detect" (argument: "channels=2"): initialization failed. Jan 1 21:13:56 Rashi pulseaudio[5074]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed. Jan 1 21:13:56 Rashi pulseaudio[5074]: [pulseaudio] server-lookup.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 Jan 1 21:13:56 Rashi pulseaudio[5074]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 Jan 1 21:13:56 Rashi pulseaudio[5074]: [pulseaudio] bluetooth-util.c: org.bluez.Manager.GetProperties() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.25" (uid=125 pid=5074 comm="/usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog ") interface="org.bluez.Manager" member="GetProperties" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.bluez" (uid=0 pid=4536 comm="/usr/sbin/bluetoothd ") Jan 1 21:20:39 Rashi rtkit-daemon[5076]: Successfully made thread 6601 of process 6601 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11. Jan 1 21:20:39 Rashi rtkit-daemon[5076]: Successfully made thread 6607 of process 6601 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5. Jan 1 21:26:10 Rashi rtkit-daemon[5076]: Successfully made thread 6857 of process 6857 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11. Jan 1 21:26:10 Rashi rtkit-daemon[5076]: Successfully made thread 6859 of process 6857 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5. Jan 1 21:26:10 Rashi rtkit-daemon[5076]: Successfully made thread 6860 of process 6857 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5. Note that Jan 00:52:57 was last nights reboot startup while Jan 1 21:13:56 was my just repeated reboot > And lastly, anything catching your eye in the output of (before and > after PA restart): > > $ pacmd dump The following is the output after 1. killing pa via ps aux|grep pulse ; kill pid1 pid2 then 2. vlc file.wav mlaks@Rashi:~$ pacmd dump Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information. >>> ### Configuration dump generated at Wed Jan 1 21:34:11 2014 load-module module-device-restore load-module module-stream-restore load-module module-card-restore load-module module-augment-properties load-module module-switch-on-port-available load-module module-alsa-card device_id="1" name="pci-0000_01_00.1" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1" load-module module-alsa-card device_id="0" name="pci-0000_00_14.2" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_00_14.2" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1" load-module module-udev-detect load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2 load-module module-bluetooth-policy load-module module-bluetooth-discover load-module module-esound-protocol-unix load-module module-native-protocol-unix load-module module-gconf load-module module-default-device-restore load-module module-rescue-streams load-module module-always-sink load-module module-intended-roles load-module module-suspend-on-idle load-module module-console-kit load-module module-systemd-login load-module module-position-event-sounds load-module module-role-cork load-module module-filter-heuristics load-module module-filter-apply load-module module-dbus-protocol load-module module-cli-protocol-unix set-sink-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo 0x10000 set-sink-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo no suspend-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo yes set-sink-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo 0x10000 set-sink-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo no suspend-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo yes set-source-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor 0x10000 set-source-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor no suspend-source alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor yes set-source-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo.monitor 0x10000 set-source-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo.monitor no suspend-source alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo.monitor yes set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1 output:hdmi-stereo set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_00_14.2 output:analog-stereo set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo set-default-source alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor ### EOF > > > -- > Klaus It looks like a tough nut to crack... 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