[Bug 1178272] Re: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report "jack server is not running or cannot be started" and do not play
This is still a problem in Lubuntu 16.04. gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio is installed by default (presumably following Ubuntu), gstreamer1.0-alsa is not. 'sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-alsa' fixes the problem. Gstreamer apps such as banshee now output audio instead of silence. I will file a bug against lubuntu-desktop and reference this bug. ** Also affects: gstreamer1.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report "jack server is not running or cannot be started" and do not play + Lubuntu: banshee, rhythmbox, etc cannot play audio without pulseaudio or gstreamer1.0-alsa -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178272 Title: Lubuntu: banshee, rhythmbox, etc cannot play audio without pulseaudio or gstreamer1.0-alsa To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/1178272/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1178272] Re: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report "jack server is not running or cannot be started" and do not play
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178272 Title: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report "jack server is not running or cannot be started" and do not play To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/1178272/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1178272] Re: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report "jack server is not running or cannot be started" and do not play
The attachment "alsa config w software pre-amp tweak" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu- reviewers, unsubscribe the team. [This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.] ** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178272 Title: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report "jack server is not running or cannot be started" and do not play To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/1178272/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1178272] Re: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report "jack server is not running or cannot be started" and do not play
nope. still getting this. with a bunch of apps. try a new .asoundrc first. then theres a setting but I forget the file that asks which sink to use. default is pulse before anything else. change it. try this. ** Attachment added: "alsa config w software pre-amp tweak" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer0.10/+bug/1178272/+attachment/4671674/+files/.asoundrc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178272 Title: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report "jack server is not running or cannot be started" and do not play To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/1178272/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1178272] Re: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report jack server is not running or cannot be started and do not play
Thanks, this was of course the solution. I'd suggest that gstreamer1.0-alsa was a dependency of ubuntu-restricted-extras. Assuming that pulseaudio is installed is all right for the standard Ubuntu installation, but not, for example, for Lubuntu. I'd expect that other Lubuntu users run into the same problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178272 Title: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report jack server is not running or cannot be started and do not play To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/1178272/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
Re: [Bug 1178272] Re: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report jack server is not running or cannot be started and do not play
On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 10:13:35AM -, Rüdiger Kupper wrote: Thanks, this was of course the solution. I'd suggest that gstreamer1.0-alsa was a dependency of ubuntu-restricted-extras. Assuming that pulseaudio is installed is all right for the standard Ubuntu installation, but not, for example, for Lubuntu. I'd expect that other Lubuntu users run into the same problem. No, probably not. I just tried installing lubuntu-desktop on a bare raring chroot, and pulseaudio came with it. And pulseaudio doesn't belong in ubuntu-restricted-extras -- what part of pulseaudio sounds restricted to you? -- Kind regards, Loong Jin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178272 Title: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report jack server is not running or cannot be started and do not play To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/1178272/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1178272] Re: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report jack server is not running or cannot be started and do not play
Hm, to my knowledge Lubuntu does not come with pulseaudio nor gstreamer. The standard install relies on audio applications that use plain ALSA. Try installing from a Lubuntu live CD. It's certainly hard to choose which (meta-)package should pull in gstreamer1.0-alsa. But some package should include it, otherwise Lubuntu users will end up without it and have the problems described above. It's the link between ALSA and gstreamer, so it could come with one of the packages that deliver ALSA or gstreamer. There's probably no perfect answer here. It could just be included in the standard Lubuntu install, but the Lubuntu people opt for simplicity and use direct ALSA. However, a typical scenario is as follows: You install Lubuntu from a Live CD. You find a selection of slim audio software like audacious. However, you miss your rhythmbox/banshee/whatever. You install rhythmbox/banshee/whatever. It does not work, because there is no gstreamer. You google a bit and learn that the gstreamer plugins come with ubuntu-restricted-extras. You install it, but your rhythmbox/banshee/whatever still does not work, because there is no ALSA sink. You google a bit more but find no answer. You end up writing a bug report on launchpad ;-). Anyway, it might even have helped if gstreamer printed a proper error message (like no sink found) instead of trying to use the jack sink, which is probably the least likely to exist. I don't know where's the best place of doing it, but somehow it should be guaranteed that there is at least one sink present when gstreamer is installed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178272 Title: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report jack server is not running or cannot be started and do not play To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/1178272/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
Re: [Bug 1178272] Re: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report jack server is not running or cannot be started and do not play
On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 10:37:23PM -, Rüdiger Kupper wrote: Hm, to my knowledge Lubuntu does not come with pulseaudio nor gstreamer. The standard install relies on audio applications that use plain ALSA. Try installing from a Lubuntu live CD. It's certainly hard to choose which (meta-)package should pull in gstreamer1.0-alsa. But some package should include it, otherwise Lubuntu users will end up without it and have the problems described above. It's the link between ALSA and gstreamer, so it could come with one of the packages that deliver ALSA or gstreamer. There's probably no perfect answer here. It could just be included in the standard Lubuntu install, but the Lubuntu people opt for simplicity and use direct ALSA. However, a typical scenario is as follows: You install Lubuntu from a Live CD. You find a selection of slim audio software like audacious. However, you miss your rhythmbox/banshee/whatever. You install rhythmbox/banshee/whatever. It does not work, because there is no gstreamer. You google a bit and learn that the gstreamer plugins come with ubuntu-restricted-extras. You install it, but your rhythmbox/banshee/whatever still does not work, because there is no ALSA sink. You google a bit more but find no answer. You end up writing a bug report on launchpad ;-). Anyway, it might even have helped if gstreamer printed a proper error message (like no sink found) instead of trying to use the jack sink, which is probably the least likely to exist. I don't know where's the best place of doing it, but somehow it should be guaranteed that there is at least one sink present when gstreamer is installed. There is at least one sink present (the jack one). Banshee depends on gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio | gstreamer1.0-audiosink, and the latter package is a virtual package that can be satisfied by any audio sink. In addition, it recommends gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio, so it should be installed by default (but will work even if you tell apt not to install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio, but in that case you're responsible for choosing another audiosink). The issue here is that gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio is also useless because you don't use pulseaudio. Since this issue is more specific to Lubuntu installations, I'd be tempted to slap gstreamer1.0-alsa onto lubuntu-desktop, but it looks like none of the default media players even use gstreamer. I'll stick lubuntu-meta onto this bug anyway, hopefully someone more acquianted with lubuntu would be able to come up with a better solution. affects ubuntu/lubuntu-meta -- Kind regards, Loong Jin ** Also affects: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178272 Title: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report jack server is not running or cannot be started and do not play To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/1178272/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1178272] Re: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report jack server is not running or cannot be started and do not play
In addition to the following message to stdout: Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server request channel jack server is not running or cannot be started rhythmbox displays a message box reading Couldn't start playback Failed to create autoaudiosink element; check your GStreamer installation -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178272 Title: Without pulseaudio, banshee and rhythmbox report jack server is not running or cannot be started and do not play To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/1178272/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
