Re: [gentoo-user] Pulseaudio shuts off

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

Francisco Ares <frares@gmail.com> [11-12-11 03:30]:
HI,

Nice story of success,  Francisco...but it does not answer
my question.

Sigh.

Others, who want to report, that they do not have problems?

Sigh...

Best regards,
mcc


> Hi
> 
> I could not check the pulseaudio dependency for gws, as libsndfile does not
> have it.
> 
> I have had pulseaudio for a year or so, and it was fine.  I used it mainly
> because VirtualBox depended on it to emulate a sound car on its virtual
> machines. Then something broke, and I could not get any sound out of the
> speakers, just the first app get the device, and no other after that.
> 
> Then, after Dale asked me why did I need pulseaudio, I saw that VirtualBox
> now is able to handle plain and simple ALSA, then I removed all pulseaudio
> related things that I could find, rebuilt the kernel with alsa built-in and
> everything I need is back making noises ;-)
> 
> Francisco
> 
> 
> On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 2:25 PM, <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > sorry for the nebelous subject...
> >
> > The following happened to me.
> > I have installed/configured pulseaudio according to this
> > for a one-person desktop gentoo-system:
> > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/PulseAudio
> >
> > When starting gwc (which is not in portage) and playing
> > sounds, it works...once...
> >
> > After a while I here the same clicking sound, which happens
> > while booting the system and alsa takes over...and thats it.
> > I have to kill gwc.
> >
> > On the console gwc prints:
> >
> >    Current stack limit: 8388608 bytes
> >    libsndfile Version: libsndfile-1.0.25 1 0 25
> >    socket(): Address family not supported by protocol
> >    Closing the Pulse audio device
> >
> > The last line appears when I press "stop audio playback", the clicking
> > happes a few seconds later.
> >
> > After that...no go.
> >
> > I have appended /etc/pulse/default.pa at the end of this posting.
> >
> > Interestingly it is possible to successfully restart gwc.
> >
> > What can I do to fix this?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > mcc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > #!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
> > #
> > # This file is part of PulseAudio.
> > #
> > # PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> > # under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
> > # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> > # (at your option) any later version.
> > #
> > # PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> > # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> > # General Public License for more details.
> > #
> > # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
> > # along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
> > # Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
> >
> > # This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started per-user
> > # (i.e. not in system mode)
> >
> > .nofail
> >
> > ### Load something into the sample cache
> > #load-sample-lazy x11-bell /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/activate.wav
> > #load-sample-lazy pulse-hotplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav
> > #load-sample-lazy pulse-coldplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav
> > #load-sample-lazy pulse-access /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav
> >
> > .fail
> >
> > ### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
> > load-module module-device-restore
> > load-module module-stream-restore
> > load-module module-card-restore
> >
> > ### Automatically augment property information from .desktop files
> > ### stored in /usr/share/application
> > load-module module-augment-properties
> >
> > ### Load audio drivers statically (it's probably better to not load
> > ### these drivers manually, but instead use module-hal-detect --
> > ### see below -- for doing this automatically)
> > load-module module-alsa-sink
> > #load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
> > #load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output
> > source_name=input
> > #load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output
> > source_name=input
> > #load-module module-null-sink
> > #load-module module-pipe-sink
> >
> > ### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
> > .ifexists module-udev-detect.so
> > load-module module-udev-detect
> > .else
> > ### Alternatively use the static hardware detection module (for systems
> > that
> > ### lack udev support)
> > load-module module-detect
> > .endif
> >
> > ### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
> > .ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
> > load-module module-bluetooth-discover
> > .endif
> >
> > ### Load several protocols
> > .ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
> > load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
> > .endif
> > load-module module-native-protocol-unix
> >
> > ### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
> > ### here if you plan to use paprefs)
> > #load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
> > #load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
> > #load-module module-zeroconf-publish
> >
> > ### Load the RTP reciever module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
> > #load-module module-rtp-recv
> >
> > ### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
> > #load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2
> > rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink"
> > #load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor
> >
> > ### Load additional modules from GConf settings. This can be configured
> > with the paprefs tool.
> > ### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might
> > conflict with manually
> > ### loaded modules.
> > .ifexists module-gconf.so
> > .nofail
> > load-module module-gconf
> > .fail
> > .endif
> >
> > ### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
> > during runtime
> > load-module module-default-device-restore
> >
> > ### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
> > ### connected to dies, similar for sources
> > load-module module-rescue-streams
> >
> > ### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink.
> > load-module module-always-sink
> >
> > ### Honour intended role device property
> > load-module module-intended-roles
> >
> > ### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
> > load-module module-suspend-on-idle
> >
> > ### If autoexit on idle is enabled we want to make sure we only quit
> > ### when no local session needs us anymore.
> > load-module module-console-kit
> >
> > ### Enable positioned event sounds
> > load-module module-position-event-sounds
> >
> > ### Cork music streams when a phone stream is active
> > load-module module-cork-music-on-phone
> >
> > # X11 modules should not be started from default.pa so that one daemon
> > # can be shared by multiple sessions.
> >
> > ### Load X11 bell module
> > #load-module module-x11-bell sample=bell-windowing-system
> >
> > ### Register ourselves in the X11 session manager
> > #load-module module-x11-xsmp
> >
> > ### Publish connection data in the X11 root window
> > #.ifexists module-x11-publish.so
> > #.nofail
> > #load-module module-x11-publish
> > #.fail
> > #.endif
> >
> > ### Make some devices default
> > #set-default-sink output
> > #set-default-source input
> >
> >