Anyone know why the clients run pulseaudio in system mode? Here's an excerpt from the client system log:
Aug 9 09:12:06 client-192 pulseaudio[1740]: main.c: OK, so you are running PA in system mode. Please note that you most likely shouldn't be doing that. Aug 9 09:12:06 client-192 pulseaudio[1740]: main.c: If you do it nonetheless then it's your own fault if things don't work as expected. Aug 9 09:12:06 client-192 pulseaudio[1740]: main.c: Please read http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/WhatIsWrongWithSystemMode for an explanation why system mode is usually a bad idea I did read http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/WhatIsWrongWithSystemMode and sure enough they say it is there for stuff like thin clients. However, the reasons for it are really not that good: we _do_ have a real user, and things like home directories typically _aren't_ flushed on each session termination. I realize that not all real users exist on the client but at least in LTSP5 some magic happens behind the scenes and a custom /etc/passwd containing the real user is mounted as a tmpfs file on the client. Further, since PA is really designed to be run as a user, could some headaches be removed by not having it run in system mode (ie: not have to fixup permissions etc.)? The reason I am interested is that it appears system mode causes problems with some pulse stuff like pacmd. I originally posted this to the K12Linux list but was referred to the upstream list instead. Thanks, Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ uberSVN's rich system and user administration capabilities and model configuration take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. Learn more about uberSVN and get a free download at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
