Just solved it, a much easier way. Thanks you for your advices, I directed me to taking a closer look to the logs. It lead me to discover that PA indeed started, but actually couldn't reach the sound card.
What I did was simply add my lowpriv user to the group audio, then start PulseAudio, unmute the sink and set it's volume to 100% before starting spicec. And voilà, it works like a charm ! No need for a systemwide instance :) Eric Viseur Etudiant Ingénieur Civil Electricien +32 497 92 36 80 LinkedIn Profile<http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=193442069&trk=tab_pro> 2013/7/10 Anthony Messina <amess...@messinet.com> > On Tuesday, July 09, 2013 04:01:47 PM Eric Viseur wrote: > > I'm currently working on a virtualization project using F18. One of the > use > > cases is booting on the multi-user systemd target, then starting the > Spice > > client in a very restricted X environment by simply issuing > > > > $ xinit /usr/bin/spicec (some parameters) > > > > Everything works fine, except the sound : as I don't start a complete > GDM in > > this boot scenario, PulseAudio isn't loaded. I thus tried to start > > PulseAudio manually by issuing : > > > > $ start-pulseaudio-x11 > > > > before starting xinit with the same user, but it doesn't work either. > After > > testing a $ pacat /dev/urandom from the host on Fedora Virtualization > > team's advice, it turns out PA doesn't work at all. > > > > So, here is my question : how to start PulseAudio correctly in such a > setup > > (multi-user.target then xinit) ? > > > > Please note that if I connect to the VM from a complete GDM in the > graphical > > systemd target, everything works fine. > > > > Thank you for your attention ! > > I'm wondering if you might be able to use systemd user sessions along with > the > xorg-launch-helper [1] and user-session-units [2] since you may need some > dbus > magic for PulseAudio to work. I am using this along with PulseAudio for my > F19 MythTV frontends with great success (I use it to be able to auto-switch > from speaker output to bluetooth headset output when everyone else is > trying > to sleep). > > Aside from the xorg-launch-helper package, which I package here [3], I have > manually created some of the files from the user-session-units, which I > don't > yet package. Those are below: > > # > # dbus.service > [Unit] > Description=D-Bus System Message Bus > Requires=dbus.socket > > [Service] > ExecStart=/bin/dbus-daemon --session --address=systemd: --nofork --systemd- > activation > ExecReload=/usr/bin/dbus-send --print-reply --session --type=method_call -- > dest=org.freedesktop.DBus / org.freedesktop.DBus.ReloadConfig > > # > # dbus.socket > [Unit] > Description=D-Bus System Message Bus Socket > > [Socket] > ListenStream=%t/dbus/user_bus_socket > > # > # example spicec.service > [Unit] > Description=spicec service > After=network.target > > [Service] > ExecStart=/usr/bin/spicec (some parameters) > Restart=on-failure > > [Install] > WantedBy=mythfrontend.target > > # > # example spicec.target > [Unit] > Description=spicec target > Wants=xorg.target > Requires=dbus.socket > #After=network.target > AllowIsolate=true > > > And I have PulseAudio set to autospawn: > # /etc/pulse/client.conf > ... > autospawn = yes > ... > > > There's a little more service/unit file help I can give if you think this > might be a way for you to resolve the issue. > > -A > > > [1] https://github.com/sofar/xorg-launch-helper > [2] https://github.com/sofar/user-session-units > [3] http://messinet.com/rpms > > > -- > Anthony - http://messinet.com - http://messinet.com/~amessina/gallery > 8F89 5E72 8DF0 BCF0 10BE 9967 92DC 35DC B001 4A4E > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > >
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