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Re: two pulseaudio processes



On Fri 27 Nov 2015 at 11:57:22 (+0100), Mart van de Wege wrote:
> rgfoiugztfgvbhjk <rgf.d@web.de> writes:
> > 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.

Alternatively, give ps some elbow-room as in

$ ps -A -o user:20,cmd

man ps is useful, though somewhat confusing because of the variety of
option styles available.

Cheers,
David.


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