Re: [pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #900: PulseAudio/Alsa problems

2011-01-27 Thread PulseAudio 
#900: PulseAudio/Alsa problems
+---
  Reporter:  RichardRogers  |   Owner:  lennart
  Type:  defect |  Status:  closed 
 Milestone: |   Component:  daemon 
Resolution:  invalid|Keywords: 
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Changes (by coling):

  * status:  reopened => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 OK, so the problem is that you simply do not have the necessary packages
 installed. You have the configuration to use PA from ALSA, but not the
 libraries that are needed by that configuration.

 The changes you pushed into your ~/.asoundrc file do nothing by themselves
 they simply create a "device" named "pulse". You could use that via a
 command such as "aplay -Dpulse somefile.wav" but that doesn't address any
 problem. The problem is certainly that you've either:
  1. Never installed the alsa-pulse plugin.
  2. At some point accidentally uninstalled the alsa-pulse plugin
  3. At some point accidentally deleted the .so file from the alsa-pulse
 plugin.

 I advise you to use your package management software that comes with your
 distribution to search for this missing file and install the relevant
 package.

 This is very much not a bug in PulseAudio for which this bug tracker is
 intended. This is a configuration and setup issue that should be handled
 through your Linux distribution, not with the upstream project. How
 distributions package and ship PulseAudio and the various tools and
 interfaces they make available for configuring it are varied and diverse
 and we, as an upstream project, simply cannot gain the knowledge of all
 these variations needed to provide end-user support. Please speak to
 people from your distribution support channels who will be able to advise
 you best.

 Again, with your second question, you mention Yum. This would suggest you
 are using Fedora or CentOS or some other Redhat variant. I suggest
 strongly that you seek advice from their forums or bug squads or IRC
 channels. If you cannot use a local IRC client, then the webclient I
 previously linked should serve you well.



 As some parting advice, you said you "downloaded" BitchX. This is a
 strange term to use. Normally we would say "installed" BitchX. If you
 literally went to the BitchX website and downloaded the software (either
 in precompiled or source form) from them, then you are likely doing
 something wrong. If you are used to a Windows world, this is indeed the
 norm, but under Linux a given application is usually compiled and
 distributed with the "Linux distribution". You should have a package
 management application that you can use to install all the relevant
 applications. If you are new to Linux, I can strongly recommend seeking
 out a local LUG (or Linux User Group) where you can get direct, hands on,
 advice and help to get you started.

 As this is a support question, I'll close this bug again as invalid.

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Re: [pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #900: PulseAudio/Alsa problems

2011-01-26 Thread PulseAudio 
#900: PulseAudio/Alsa problems
+---
  Reporter:  RichardRogers  |   Owner:  lennart 
  Type:  defect |  Status:  reopened
 Milestone: |   Component:  daemon  
Resolution: |Keywords:  
+---
Changes (by RichardRogers):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  invalid =>


Comment:

 Hello,

 When I issue the ls command you've provided, I get:
 ls: cannot access /usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so: No
 such file or directory

 When I issue this command:
 ls -l /usr/lib64/alsa-lib
 I get:
 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 12736 Jan 14  2010 libasound_module_pcm_jack.so
 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root  4096 May 12  2010 smixer

 I was trying to isolate the problem between PulseAudio and ALSA, and I
 made changes to my .asoundrc file.
 The file contains:
 ***
 pcm.pulse {
 type pulse
 }

 ctl.pulse {
 type pulse
 }
 ***

 Please let me know what the next steps are:
 1. How I can "restore" PulseAudio.
 2. The best method (rpm/yum/other) to obtain pavucontrol.

 Thanks again,

 Richard Rogers

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Re: [pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #900: PulseAudio/Alsa problems

2011-01-26 Thread PulseAudio 
#900: PulseAudio/Alsa problems
+---
  Reporter:  RichardRogers  |   Owner:  lennart
  Type:  defect |  Status:  closed 
 Milestone: |   Component:  daemon 
Resolution:  invalid|Keywords: 
+---
Changes (by coling):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 The easiest way to get on IRC is to just use the web interface available
 over at Freenode.

 See: http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#webchat

 There are lots of other FAQs on that page too, which will allow you to get
 connected.

 With regards to the ALSA error, I suspect it's a simple file permissions
 issue; what is the output from this command:
  ls -l /usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so

 If it is only readable/executable by root, you should chmod it accordingly
 to allow access by all users. This kind of thing should not happen if you
 use distro-provided packages, however and you should report any issues
 directly to your distro.

 In order to change the device used, you need to use a PulseAudio mixer
 like pavucontrol or gnome-volume-control. This UI provides a system to set
 the default (or fallback) device and also to move specific application
 streams to specific devices.

 HTHs

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[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #900: PulseAudio/Alsa problems

2011-01-26 Thread PulseAudio 
#900: PulseAudio/Alsa problems
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 Reporter:  RichardRogers  |   Owner:  lennart
 Type:  defect |  Status:  new
Milestone: |   Component:  daemon 
 Keywords: |  
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 Hello,

 I am able to hear sound when I plug my headphones into the audio jack on
 the back of my PC.

 There are a couple of (hopefully simple) issues I'd like to understand and
 resolve:
 - I can use the ALSA aplay utility only after issuing "su -". I get a
 error message if I don't:
 ALSA lib pcm.c:2171:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Cannot open shared library
 /usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
 aplay: main:654: audio open error: No such file or directory
 - I would like to alter the playback device to the NVidia GeForce GTX 480
 card so that sound is sent to my monitor over the HDMI cable. I see that
 the device is recognized in the attached report, but I don't know how to
 alter the playback device.

 I have downloaded BitchX but as of yet, I don't know how to use it. If
 there's any chance that I can interactively issue commands and correspond
 with a PulseAudio expert by either MSN or Yahoo (via Pidgin), I would be
 most happy.

 Thanks in advance,

 Richard Rogers
 http://www.RichardRogers.ca/
 MSN (IM): [email protected]
 Yahoo (IM): rogersrr_ca
 e-mail: [email protected]

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