Re: two pulseaudio processes

[Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com>]

rgfoiugztfgvbhjk <rgf.d@web.de> writes:

> Hi, 
>
> I am using Pulseaudio in testing. 
>
> Playing sound through the laptop built-in sound card is working fine.
> But I also have a Bluetooth Headset (Phillips SHB9100), This is where the Problems occur. 
>
> root@schenker:/home/ich# ps aux | grep pulse
> Debian-+ 1266 0.0 0.0 590568 1652 ?  S<l Nov24 0:00
> /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
> Debian-+ 1273 0.0 0.0 122664 0 ?  S Nov24 0:00
> /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
> ich 1456 0.1 0.1 589100 4960 ?  S<l Nov24 4:13 /usr/bin/pulseaudio
> --start --log-target=syslog
> ich 1479 0.0 0.0 122664 0 ?  S Nov24 0:00
> /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
> root     10111  0.0  0.0  11132   880 pts/0    S+   13:09   0:00 grep pulse
>
> There are two pulseaudio processes, one for me, and one for
> "Debian-+", a user I couldnt find any notice of anywhere, neither in
> /etc/passwd, nor on the Internet. (Did you know you can't Google for
> "Debian-+"?).
>
Here's a tip to find usernames that ps truncates:

getent passwd | grep <username>

If I do that on my box, I find Debian-exim and Debian-gdm.

Can you do the same on your box and see what you get? If you get the
same, then I suspect that Debian-gdm is starting your pulse process for
you. I wonder if that is not a bug, as pulse should run as a user,
AFAIK.

Mart

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