Re: pulseaudio, derivative problems
On Wed 10 Aug 2016 at 08:54:14 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Is the stretch user in the audio group? If not, maybe adding the user to
> audio will help.
It is not necessary for a user to be in the audio group these days.
ls -l /dev/snd/*
shows all files have permissions crw-rw----+. The "+" sign indicates an
ACL (Access Control List). Then (as the user)
getfacl /dev/snd/*
will show whether the user is on the List.
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016, Levi Darrell wrote:
>
> >Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:34:04
> >From: Levi Darrell <levidarrell@gmail.com>
> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >Subject: pulseaudio, derivative problems
> >Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:34:37 +0000 (UTC)
> >Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >
> >I've really done it this time.
> >
> >I'm running Debian Stretch Testing, Kernel v. 4.3.0-1-amd64. With X Server
> >I use the LXDE desktop environment.
> >
> >I had been using pulseaudio without any trouble. I tried to install
> >audacity v. 2.1.2. I compiled it from source, but when I open audacity, it
> >doesn't read any audio input or output sources. If I try to open a file and
> >play it back, it says, 'Error while opening sound device. Please check the
> >playback device settings and the project sample rate.' The playback device
> >setting drop-down menu is greyed out, however, as is the input device
> >setting. Incidentally, I have audacity installed on a Windows 10 virtual
> >machine (VBox), and it works fine, but I need audacity on the host machine
> >as well.
> >
> >Frustrated with this, I attempted a possible fix of using 'pavususpender'.
> >This did not help at all. I then attempted to download Ardour, as an
> >alternative to audacity, compile it from source, and install it. I was
> >lacking several package dependencies, however, so I began installing them
> >through the apt package manager: boost library, pkg-config, glib-2.0,
> >glibmm-2.4, sndfile, liblo, taglib, vamp-sdk, vamp-hostsdk, rubberband, and
> >clang. I installed the -dev version of all these packages where applicable.
> >I still haven't been able to complete the installation of Ardour, for
> >reasons which are not the object of this inquiry.
> >
> >Now pulseaudio won't work at all, in addition to several other programs.
> >Issuing 'pulseaudio' returns 'pid.c: Daemon already running; main.c:
> >pa_pid_file_create() failed.' however if I issue 'pavucontrol', a dialog
> >box flashes for an instant and then disappears, and the volume control gui
> >tool never opens. The volume control keyboard shortcuts still work (I still
> >have sound), but they must be going through alsa.
> >
> >Even more inexplicably, the same thing happens if I try to open up a pdf
> >file with evince, and when I try to use the firefox browser. A dialog box
> >flashes for an instant, but the program never opens. The screenshot
> >accessory has also stopped working. Chromium-based browsers are still
> >working just fine, however, and for viewing pdf files I can still use
> >Master PDF Editor 3.
> >
> >These are all the previously fully functional programs which have stopped
> >functioning since this debacle that have so far come to my attention.
> >Having audacity working would be a nice luxury, but now my first priority
> >is getting firefox going again, since there are some web-based tasks I must
> >perform on a regular basis which do not work properly in chromium browsers.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any light you may shed upon me in my state of
> >ignorance.
> >
> >Levi
> >
>
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>
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