On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 04:43:46AM -0400, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:35 AM, <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > > > Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:57 PM, <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > > >> > Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > > >> >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:08 PM, <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > > >> >> > Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> >> > > > >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:07 PM, <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > > >> >> >> > Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:56 PM, <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > > >> >> >> >> > Hi. I have not used pulseaudio at all, but with gnome 3.8 I > > >> >> >> >> > guess it > > >> >> >> >> > must be there, but when I try to play a sound using either > > >> >> >> >> > mplayer from > > >> >> >> >> > the console which works fine withalsa, or even aplay, I get > > >> >> >> >> > no sound > > >> >> >> >> > unless I change the /etc/pulse/client.conf to spawn=no . > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> Unless you have a very specific setup, you should not need to > > >> >> >> >> touch > > >> >> >> >> the files under /etc/pulse. Also, are you trying to run the > > >> >> >> >> system-wide PulseAudio service? Because that's basically wrong: > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/WhatIsWrongWithSystemWide > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> > Anyway to fix this? > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> If you are running PA as a normal user (as you should), then > > >> >> >> >> perhaps > > >> >> >> >> the per-application volume for MPlayer is muted. While playing > > >> >> >> >> something with MPlayer, go to Settings -> Sound, then select the > > >> >> >> >> Applications tab, and there should be a volume slider for all > > >> >> >> >> the > > >> >> >> >> applications using audio. Just adjust as necessary. > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> > I got no sound when pa was run as a user. I am running these > > >> >> >> > apps from > > >> >> >> > the console -- apps such as aplay or anything which uses alsa. > > >> >> >> > So I > > >> >> >> > can't adjust any volumes under gnome, etc. > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> Also, from the console you can use pactl. To play a sample sound > > >> >> >> there, do: > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> pactl play-sample 0 > > >> >> >> pactl play-sample 1 > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> It should work. You can also set the volume from here: > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> pactl set-sink-volume 0 "100%" > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> 0 is usually the "master" volume. > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> Check out man pactl. > > >> >> > > > >> >> > Well, in either system or user mode, root can play sound whereas a > > >> >> > regular user gets silent, but without pulseaudio -- spawn=no, then a > > >> >> > regular user can play sound. Does this give a clue? > > >> >> > > >> >> Not really; as I said, the PA documentation clearly says that if you > > >> >> use system mode "You are on your own. You need to know you way around, > > >> >> be able to write init scripts, dbus policies, to fix up device > > >> >> permissions, and unix users, you need to pass around security cookies > > >> >> and more." > > >> >> > > >> >> I haven't ever used system-wide PA. > > >> >> > > >> >> I think of the following; try to delete both /root/.pulse and > > >> >> $HOME/.pulse, and rebooting (probably a logout/login should suffice, > > >> >> but you never know). > > >> >> > > >> >> Another thing: if you installed PA since GNOME 3.8 needs it, why are > > >> >> you using it without GNOME? If you use GNOME, the session manager will > > >> >> automatically start PA as a user for you, and everything should work. > > >> >> If you are not running GNOME, why do you run PA? If you are at the > > >> >> console without X running, just don't use PA. Use mplayer -ao alsa or > > >> >> whatever. > > >> >> > > >> >> Or do you want to run several audio apps in the console? > > >> > > > >> > I want to run apps from the console, but to start gnome when I need it. > > >> > > >> Then do that. When you start GNOME, it will start PA automatically: > > >> you don't need to do anything. Don't try to start PA yourself; it's > > >> DBus activated. > > >> > > >> > > >> > I am running pa as a user and things are still not working, except for > > >> > the root user who can play sounds. > > >> > > >> I repeat: you don't need to run PA. GNOME will start it for you. > > > > > > But will that workif I have spawn=no in my /etc/pulse/client.conf which > > > I have to have for regular apps to work from theconsole? Or is there > > > some other way to make this happen? > > > > I don't understand the question. If you don't run PA by yourself, then > > it will be started only when using GNOME. And if you are using GNOME, > > you can use the nice sound settings dialog to get your sound. > > > > If you don't start GNOME, then PA will not be started. If you don't > > have sound in your console even without PA running, then is for some > > issue completely unrelated to PA. > > > > PA should not be started if you only log in through the console. > > Unless you are still running it system-wide, which is basically > > unsupported. > > OK, we will see what happens, so I have set spawn=no which should work > to prevent pa except in gnome, so hopefully that should work. > > Thanks for clarifying this for me. > > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > cov...@ccs.covici.com >
I had the same issue here when installing pulseaudio. I don't use GNOME, so that does take part of the equation away. The problem was solved by changing permissions to /dev/snd and it's containing files. After chmodding /dev/snd/* to 666, I was able to play sounds as a normal user. In the Gentoo guide, it mentions this, and it also mentions taking your user out of the audio group if you're currently in it. Please see http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PulseAudio#Root_can_play_sound.2C_other_users_cannot for more detailed information. Very Respectfully, Kevin Thompson
