Ok, here we go :).
On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 06:12:20PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote: > Top may not display it because of limited space. What does `ps -fea | > grep pulse` say? Scenario #1: at startup, no audio, pulseaudio is not running, and there's no /run/user/1000/pulse dir: madamezou@malatesta:~$ ps -fea |grep pulse madamez+ 1618 1516 0 10:16 pts/0 00:00:00 grep pulse madamezou@malatesta:~$ ls -lah /run/user/1000/ total 0 drwx------ 4 madamezou madamezou 80 Jun 3 10:16 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Jun 3 10:16 .. drwx------ 2 madamezou madamezou 60 Jun 3 10:16 dconf drwx------ 2 madamezou madamezou 40 Jun 3 10:16 gvfs Scenario #2: manually lanching pulseaudio with "pulseaudio -vvvv" The process is running, the dir is created with madamezou:madamezou but I still get no audio. madamezou@malatesta:~$ ps -fea |grep pulse madamez+ 2031 1516 1 10:17 pts/0 00:00:00 pulseaudio -vvvv madamez+ 2040 2031 0 10:17 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper madamez+ 2057 2048 0 10:17 pts/1 00:00:00 grep pulse madamezou@malatesta:~$ ls -lah /run/user/1000/ total 0 drwx------ 5 madamezou madamezou 100 Jun 3 10:17 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Jun 3 10:16 .. drwx------ 2 madamezou madamezou 60 Jun 3 10:16 dconf drwx------ 2 madamezou madamezou 40 Jun 3 10:16 gvfs drwx------ 2 madamezou madamezou 40 Jun 3 10:18 pulse Scenario #3: after an "alsactl init": still no sound, process apparently running, dir is madamezou:madamezou madamezou@malatesta:~$ ps -fea |grep pulse madamez+ 2060 1 0 10:37 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog madamez+ 2069 2060 0 10:37 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper madamez+ 2091 2084 0 10:37 pts/3 00:00:00 grep pulse madamezou@malatesta:~$ ls -lah /run/user/1000 total 0 drwx------ 5 madamezou madamezou 100 Jun 3 10:37 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Jun 3 10:35 .. drwx------ 2 madamezou madamezou 60 Jun 3 10:35 dconf drwx------ 2 madamezou madamezou 40 Jun 3 10:35 gvfs drwx------ 2 madamezou madamezou 80 Jun 3 10:37 pulse Scenario #4: after an "alsactl init" + "pulseaudio -k; pulseaudio -vvvv" I get audio and this is the situation: madamezou@malatesta:~$ ps -fea |grep pulse root 2117 2040 0 10:40 pts/1 00:00:00 pulseaudio -vvvv root 2121 2117 0 10:40 pts/1 00:00:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper madamez+ 2136 2084 0 10:42 pts/3 00:00:00 grep pulse madamezou@malatesta:~$ ls -lah /run/user/1000/ total 0 drwx------ 5 madamezou madamezou 100 Jun 3 10:37 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Jun 3 10:35 .. drwx------ 2 madamezou madamezou 60 Jun 3 10:35 dconf drwx------ 2 madamezou madamezou 40 Jun 3 10:35 gvfs drwx------ 2 root root 80 Jun 3 10:40 pulse Killing the process here results in losing audio again. > This is a bit confusing for me too ;). Perhaps the permission denied > results in pulseaudio not starting, and thus you get audio when there > is no pulseaudio running? Really no idea :) It's not clear to me, either, even if I'm trying to isolate all the possible scenarios. I'm sorry I cannot give more clear information: I'm afraid I really don't understand what is suppose to happen nor what it's actually happening. > What happens if you use aplay -D hw:1,0 -c 2 <wavfile> when pulseaudio > is not working? Do you get sound? Use aplay -l to find out a suitable > number to put after the hw: part, and try 1 and 2 for the -c option. With aplay I get audio, even if pulseaudio is not working. I used plughw: though, because hw: gave me an error (aplay: set_params:1239: Channels count non available). > Also, when pulseaudio is not working, does pavucontrol show you > anyhing in the output devices? > Yes, pavucontrol shows the bar moving in the "output device" and "playback" tabs. Many thanks for your help, Francesca -- "Working for the rat race You know you're wasting your time Working for the rat race You're no friend of mine" The Specials, Rat Race
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