Am 29.04.2013 11:43, schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: > Kevin Thompson <ph...@ewnix.net> wrote: > >> 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. > > Thanks for your response, but here is my /dev/snd directory, so its a > mystery to me. I am, however in the audio group, I wonder if that makes > a difference. > total 0 > drwxr-xrwx 3 freeswitch apache 280 Apr 27 15:53 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4980 Apr 28 22:58 ../ > drwxr-xrwx 2 freeswitch apache 60 Apr 27 15:53 by-path/ > crw-rw-rw-+ 1 freeswitch apache 116, 10 Apr 27 15:53 controlC0 > crw-rw-rw-+ 1 freeswitch apache 116, 2 Apr 27 15:53 hwC0D0 > crw-rw-rw-+ 1 freeswitch apache 116, 3 Apr 27 15:53 midiC0D0 > crw-rw-rw-+ 1 freeswitch apache 116, 9 Apr 27 15:53 pcmC0D0c > crw-rw-rw-+ 1 freeswitch apache 116, 8 Apr 29 00:15 pcmC0D0p > crw-rw-rw-+ 1 freeswitch apache 116, 7 Apr 27 15:53 pcmC0D1c > crw-rw-rw-+ 1 freeswitch apache 116, 6 Apr 27 15:53 pcmC0D2c > crw-rw-rw-+ 1 freeswitch apache 116, 5 Apr 27 15:53 pcmC0D2p > crw-rw-rw-+ 1 freeswitch apache 116, 4 Apr 27 15:53 pcmC0D3p > crw-rw-rw-+ 1 freeswitch apache 116, 1 Apr 27 15:53 seq > crw-rw-rw-+ 1 freeswitch apache 116, 33 Apr 27 15:53 timer > > I run freeswitch, so this is why I have the users this way. >
Those devices in there should be owned by root:audio $ ls -al /dev/snd/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 260 Apr 28 20:07 . drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4100 Apr 29 12:50 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Apr 28 20:07 by-path crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Apr 28 20:07 controlC0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Apr 28 20:07 hwC0D0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Apr 28 20:07 midiC0D0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Apr 28 20:24 pcmC0D0c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Apr 29 12:51 pcmC0D0p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Apr 28 20:07 pcmC0D1c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Apr 28 20:07 pcmC0D2c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Apr 28 20:11 pcmC0D2p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Apr 28 20:07 pcmC0D3p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Apr 28 20:07 timer
