Public bug reported: I am getting this error message: E: main.c: Daemon startup failed. I am running '/usr/local/bin/pulseaudio --log-level=4 -vvvv --start' Debug log, see below. doesn't have any immediste clues. pulseaudio-0.9.23_2 installed from FreeBSD ports.
---log--- Jan 8 10:40:20 myhost pulseaudio[55278]: main.c: Running on host: FreeBSD amd64 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #1 r244709: Wed Dec 26 12:57:32 PST 2012 x...@xxx.xxx:/usr/obj/usr/src-releng.9.1/sys/GENERIC Jan 8 10:40:20 myhost pulseaudio[55278]: main.c: Found 8 CPUs. Jan 8 10:40:20 myhost pulseaudio[55278]: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: yes Jan 8 10:40:20 myhost pulseaudio[55278]: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no Jan 8 10:40:20 myhost pulseaudio[55278]: main.c: Running in VM: no Jan 8 10:40:20 myhost pulseaudio[55278]: main.c: Optimized build: yes Jan 8 10:40:20 myhost pulseaudio[55278]: main.c: All asserts enabled. Jan 8 10:40:20 myhost pulseaudio[55278]: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472 Jan 8 10:45:33 myhost pulseaudio[55525]: main.c: Compilation host: amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1 Jan 8 10:45:33 myhost pulseaudio[55525]: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Winline -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option Jan 8 10:45:33 myhost pulseaudio[55525]: main.c: Running on host: FreeBSD amd64 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #1 r244709: Wed Dec 26 12:57:32 PST 2012 x...@xxx.xxx:/usr/obj/usr/src-releng.9.1/sys/GENERIC Jan 8 10:45:33 myhost pulseaudio[55525]: main.c: Found 8 CPUs. Jan 8 10:45:33 myhost pulseaudio[55525]: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: yes Jan 8 10:45:33 myhost pulseaudio[55525]: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no Jan 8 10:45:33 myhost pulseaudio[55525]: main.c: Running in VM: no Jan 8 10:45:33 myhost pulseaudio[55525]: main.c: Optimized build: yes Jan 8 10:45:33 myhost pulseaudio[55525]: main.c: All asserts enabled. Jan 8 10:45:33 myhost pulseaudio[55525]: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472 Jan 8 10:45:37 myhost pulseaudio[55540]: main.c: Compilation host: amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1 Jan 8 10:45:37 myhost pulseaudio[55540]: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Winline -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option Jan 8 10:45:37 myhost pulseaudio[55540]: main.c: Running on host: FreeBSD amd64 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #1 r244709: Wed Dec 26 12:57:32 PST 2012 x...@xxx.xxx:/usr/obj/usr/src-releng.9.1/sys/GENERIC Jan 8 10:45:37 myhost pulseaudio[55540]: main.c: Found 8 CPUs. Jan 8 10:45:37 myhost pulseaudio[55540]: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: yes Jan 8 10:45:37 myhost pulseaudio[55540]: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no Jan 8 10:45:37 myhost pulseaudio[55540]: main.c: Running in VM: no Jan 8 10:45:37 myhost pulseaudio[55540]: main.c: Optimized build: yes Jan 8 10:45:37 myhost pulseaudio[55540]: main.c: All asserts enabled. Jan 8 10:45:37 myhost pulseaudio[55540]: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472 ** Affects: kdemultimedia (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdemultimedia in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1097405 Title: pulseaudio fails to start on FreeBSD: Daemon startup failed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdemultimedia/+bug/1097405/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs