> We might be getting there. See the two different users running > pulseaudio, uid '125' and 'mlaks'. Who is this '125' anyway? I'd > accuse them of hogging the audio sink, making it unavailable to > 'mlaks'. Here is a similar report: > <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2143157&p=12650610#post12650610> > > $ grep 125 /etc/passwd > $ grep audio /etc/group >
ok so i did mlaks@Rashi:~$ grep 125 /etc/passwd mysql:x:119:125:MySQL Server,,,:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/false speech-dispatcher:x:125:29:Speech Dispatcher,,,:/var/run/speech-dispatcher:/bin/sh strange so lets get rd of speech dispatcher i dont have a speech-reading-hearing problem anyway so Rashi:~# apt-get remove speech-dispatcher .... The following packages will be REMOVED: akonadiconsole akregator amarok amor ark blinken blogilo bomber bovo calligraplan calligrasheets calligrastage calligrawords cantor cantor-backend-kalgebra cervisia cvsservice dolphin filelight granatier gwenview jovie juk k3b kaccessible kaddressbook kajongg kalarm kalgebra kalzium kanagram kapman kapptemplate karbon kate kate-plugins katomic kbattleship kblackbox kblocks kbounce kbreakout kbruch kbugbuster kcachegrind kcalc kcharselect kchmviewer kcolorchooser kde-baseapps kde-baseapps-bin kde-plasma-desktop kde-plasma-netbook kde-runtime kde-style-oxygen kde-window-manager kde-workspace kde-workspace-bin kdeaccessibility kdeadmin kdeartwork kdebase kdebase-apps kdebase-bin kdebase-runtime kdebase-workspace kdebase-workspace-bin kdeedu kdegames kdegraphics kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-plugins kdelirc kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdenetwork kdepasswd kdepim kdepim-groupware kdepim-kresources kdepim-runtime kdepim-strigi-plugins kdepim-wizards kdeplasma-addons kdesdk kdesdk-dolphin-plugins kdesdk-kio-plugins kdesdk-misc kdetoys kdeutils kdewebdev kdf kdiamond kdm kexi kfilereplace kfind kfloppy kfourinline kgeography kget kgoldrunner kgpg khangman kig kigo kile kile-l10n killbots kimagemapeditor kinfocenter kiriki kiten kjots kjumpingcube kleopatra klettres klickety klines klinkstatus klipper kmag kmahjongg kmail kmenuedit kmines kmix kmousetool kmouth kmplot kmtrace knetwalk knode knotes kolf kollision kolourpaint4 kommander kompare konq-plugins konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konquest konsole konsolekalendar kontact kopete korganizer kpartloader kpat kplato kplayer kppp kpresenter krdc kremotecontrol krename kreversi krfb krita kruler ksame kscd kscreensaver kscreensaver-xsavers kshisen ksirk ksnapshot kspaceduel kspread ksquares kstars ksudoku ksysguard ksystemlog kteatime kthesaurus ktimer ktimetracker ktouch ktron kttsd ktuberling kturtle kubrick kuiviewer kuser kwalletmanager kweather kword kwordquiz kwrite libkateinterfaces4 libkdepim4 libkopete4 libmessagelist4 libplasmaclock4abi3 libsmokekdecore4-3 libsmokekdeui4-3 libsmokekfile3 libsmokekhtml3 libsmokekio3 libsmokeknewstuff2-3 libsmokeknewstuff3-3 libsmokekparts3 libsmokektexteditor3 libsmokekutils3 libsmokeplasma3 libtaskmanager4abi3 lokalize lskat marble mplayerthumbs okteta okular palapeli parley plasma-dataengines-workspace plasma-desktop plasma-netbook plasma-runners-addons plasma-scriptengine-python plasma-scriptengine-ruby plasma-scriptengine-superkaramba plasma-scriptengines plasma-widget-lancelot plasma-widgets-addons plasma-widgets-workspace polkit-kde-1 python-kde4 rocs ruby-kde4 ruby-plasma speech-dispatcher step sweeper systemsettings umbrello The following NEW packages will be installed: oops! well I have been 1/2 sid since I moved to the kernel 3.12.1 to get the radeon driver to work nicely with xrandr so some changes are in store ok lets go for it. we only live once I can always install something again if I need it, dont recognize any of the kde stuff as useful on my stumpwm setup anyway... :) ok so now we are ok vlc file.wmv works immediately Anyway, now no problem!!! I get beautiful sound right up when I start the So I guess I could have just turned off speech-dispacher in rc2.d I guess the myseql thing is weird, but does seem to affect sound.. what is your take on this matter? Mitchell > Here's a snipped I found on the ArchWiki Alsa pages: > "Membership in the audio group also allows direct access to devices, > which can lead to applications grabbing exclusive output (breaking > software mixing) (snip) Therefore, adding a user to the audio group > is not recommended, unless you specifically need to[1]. > > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/TheAudioGroup"; > > So, once you find out who '125' is, let's see whether you can then > stop that process monopolising the audio card0. > > BTW, killing and restarting the current user's PA process should be > much easier than what you do: > > $ pulseaudio -k > > The default behaviour is to automatically respawn a process. > > $ grep spawn /etc/pulse/client.conf > ; autospawn = yes > > -- > Klaus > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52c539d2.4000...@gmail.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140103205024.ga6...@earthlink.net
