Thanks, Ceresa, I read that whole thread but it doesn't seem to apply to my situation.
I am on Ubuntu 20.04, using systemd now to try to start FluidSynth. I learned that PulseAudio won't start as root, so I added my service to ~/.config/systemd/user. It looks like this: [Unit] Description=FluidSynth launched in server mode After=sound.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/fluidsynth -a pulseaudio -m alsa_seq -i -l -s -p FluidSynth /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 [Install] WantedBy=default.target But when I do a systemctl status fluidsynth, I see this: fluidsynth.service - FluidSynth Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fluidsynth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2020-08-06 08:47:37 PDT; 5h 6min ago Process: 838 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fluidsynth -a pulseaudio -m alsa_seq /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION) Main PID: 838 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION) Aug 06 08:47:36 knute-NUC7PJYH systemd[1]: Started FluidSynth. Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: fluidsynth: error: Failed to create PulseAudio connection Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: Failed to create the audio driver Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: FluidSynth runtime version 2.1.1 Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: Copyright (C) 2000-2020 Peter Hanappe and others. Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: Distributed under the LGPL license. Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: SoundFont(R) is a registered trademark of E-mu Systems, Inc. Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH systemd[1]: fluidsynth.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH systemd[1]: fluidsynth.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Any ideas why the PulseAudio connection fails? --- Knute Snortum (via Gmail) --- Knute Snortum (via Gmail) On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 2:41 PM Ceresa Jean-Jacques <jean-jacques.cer...@orange.fr> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > >How would you start FluidSynth at startup automatically? - > > > > Here possible solution. > > https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/fluid-dev/2020-01/msg00032.html > > jjc > > > > _______________________________________________ > fluid-dev mailing list > fluid-dev@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev _______________________________________________ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev