Assuming a regular user, not root, has all the sound fonts etc in place, add 'User=(that-user)' in the service config.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 7:45 PM J <progma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having problems running Fluidsynth as a service > > fluidsynth --version > FluidSynth runtime version 2.3.1 > FluidSynth executable version 2.3.1 > Sample type=double > > If I run Fluidsynth as a service, this is what gets written to the systemd > log: > > systemctl status fluidsynth > ○ fluidsynth.service - FluidSynth Daemon > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fluidsynth.service; enabled; > preset: disabled) > Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2023-02-21 16:09:38 EST; 1s ago > Duration: 39.409s > Docs: man:fluidsynth(1) > Process: 48529 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fluidsynth -is $OTHER_OPTS > $SOUND_FONT (code=killed, signal=TERM) > Main PID: 48529 (code=killed, signal=TERM) > CPU: 2.623s > > Feb 21 16:09:27 dragon fluidsynth[48529]: Failed to symlink > /root/.config/pulse/5e02be2510074b4d841b6f739518d755-runtime.tmp to > /tmp/pulse-4iyRmKxiKg9I: Read-only file system > Feb 21 16:09:27 dragon fluidsynth[48529]: Failed to symlink > /root/.config/pulse/5e02be2510074b4d841b6f739518d755-runtime.tmp: Read-only > file system > Feb 21 16:09:32 dragon fluidsynth[48529]: Failed to symlink > /root/.config/pulse/5e02be2510074b4d841b6f739518d755-runtime.tmp to > /tmp/pulse-DUPmkLrvifSk: Read-only file system > Feb 21 16:09:32 dragon fluidsynth[48529]: Failed to symlink > /root/.config/pulse/5e02be2510074b4d841b6f739518d755-runtime.tmp: Read-only > file system > Feb 21 16:09:37 dragon fluidsynth[48529]: Failed to symlink > /root/.config/pulse/5e02be2510074b4d841b6f739518d755-runtime.tmp to > /tmp/pulse-FKEvi8dcgARs: Read-only file system > Feb 21 16:09:37 dragon fluidsynth[48529]: Failed to symlink > /root/.config/pulse/5e02be2510074b4d841b6f739518d755-runtime.tmp: Read-only > file system > > This is the config file the service is using: > /etc/fluidsynth.conf > # > set audio.driver alsa > set audio.alsa.device=hw:1 > > However, if I run Fluidsynth as a user, like so - > fluidsynth --audio-driver=alsa /usr/share/soundfonts/default.sf2 > > Then it works perfectly. > > I'd prefer to have it start as a service and not require the user to run > it manually, if possible. > > Is there a way? What am I doing wrong? > > Thank you for taking the time to read > _______________________________________________ > fluid-dev mailing list > fluid-dev@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev >
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