[Mageia-dev] Audio Warning: New PulseAudio test release on the way....

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Ahmad Samir at 03/08/11 13:01 did gyre and gimble:
> 2011/8/3 Kira <elegant.pegasus at gmail.com>:
>> 在 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:29:10 +0800, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie>寫道:>
>>>
>>> Worrying!
>>>
>>> Is this localized at all? If so what language?
>>>
>> Traditional Chinese...Sorry...
>>
>> It means sampling cache size: 0B
>>
>>>
>>> Can you supply:
>>>
>>> sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
>>
>> /dev/snd/controlC0:  kira    3001  F.... kde4
>>                     kira       3216  F.... kmix
>> /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p:   kira       3695  F...m amarok
>>
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> pulseaudio -k; pulseaudio -vvvvv
>>
>> 1. E: main.c: unable to terminate background program: No such process exist.
>>
>> 2. as in the attachment, but still some localized message inside. Sorry.
>>
>>>
>>> output? (for the second one, you may have to do:
>>> echo "autospawn=no" >> ~/.pulse/client.conf
>>> in order for it to actually start on the command line and not be
>>> autospawned by something else!)
>>
> 
> Put LC_ALL=C before any command and the output will be in English, e.g.:
> LC_ALL=C urpmi --auto-update
> 

Also please run this as your regular user, not root.

You should also ensure that no applications are running that are using
the /dev/snd/pcm* devices, e.g. with the fuser command above, you should
kill off amarok before trying to start PA.

Cheers

Col


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