I try run pulseaudio under awesome in manual way. (Ubuntu Mate 18.04 on gpd pocket)
A use command
pulseaudio --start -vvv
and have error "Daemon startup failed", and not other errors.
Try using:
systemctl --user restart pulseaudio.socket
and other recommendations from https://askubuntu.com/questions/15223/how-can-i-restart-pulseaudio-without-having-to-logout.
In mate it start correctly, so hack solution have been found. It is need to run:
systemctl --user restart pulseaudio.socket
pasystray
It is magically run pulseaudio. But I still don't understand how to run in manual and where is error.
You have two options to run pulseaudio:
systemctl --user)In any case, looks like you're running it manually via a terminal, are you using a customized configuration? Try:
$ kill $(pidof pulseaudio)
$ pulseaudio --daemonize=false -vvv
If you want it to start automatically at login (though I think it starts running when an application triggers audio), you need to enable it via systemd, as in:
$ sudo systemctl disable pulseaudio
$ sudo systemctl stop pulseaudio
$ systemctl --user enable pulseaudio
# should create a link from /usr/lib/... to $HOME/.local/...
$ systemctl --user start pulseaudio
NOTE: If you're running per user, some dbus listeners won't have default names (or namespaces?) and some libraries/widgets will not work, like pulseaudio_widget.
I have this in my zshrc (I guess it can work in bash too, but I didn't try):
function getalsa() {echo $( \
lsof +D /dev -F rt \
| awk '/^p/ {pid=$1} /^t/ {type=$1} /^r0x(74|e)..$/ && type == "tCHR" {print pid}' \
| cut -c 2- \
| uniq \
)}
This way you can do:
getalsa | xargs kill
before pulse starts. This helps reliability a little. Otherwise sometime pulse even starts, but wont (ever) be able to gain access to the sound card.
Usually the answer was to uninstall Pulse, but this is no longer possible since Firefox and a bunch of other apps dropped "raw" Alsa support.
