From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4134B158090 for ; Wed, 18 May 2022 08:52:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8323EE08BB; Wed, 18 May 2022 08:51:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01a.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01a.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24D4BE085E for ; Wed, 18 May 2022 08:51:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01a.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nrFPR-00047s-HH for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 May 2022 08:51:57 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [SOLVED]Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 09:51:57 +0100 Message-ID: <5570440.DvuYhMxLoT@wstn> In-Reply-To: <5834951.lOV4Wx5bFT@wstn> References: <5824946.lOV4Wx5bFT@wstn> <5834951.lOV4Wx5bFT@wstn> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01a-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 8b805b6f-a0e4-457d-864d-712f88eb8dc9 X-Archives-Hash: 753aa1725dc7b8acd681ba2e27d5c031 On Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:34:58 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:22:56 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Is there a knack to getting my plasma desktop to operate happily with my > > new Bluetooth speakers? I can get a connection using the Bluetooth > > control panel, and the sound device appears in the Audio control panel, > > but testing either speaker produces no sound. > > I think I've solved the problem. No, not BT but with a wired connection I do > now have sound. BT can wait until I need it. Wrong again. In fact, the problem was that pulseaudio was not running. A simple 'pulseaudio start' - et voila! Sound. I found this along the way: # pulseaudio --dump-conf ### Read from configuration file: /etc/pulse/daemon.conf ### daemonize = no [...] Why is it set to No by default? Isn't PA deaf without the daemon running? -- Regards, Peter.