log tail:
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May 10 17:23:32 [pulseaudio] pid.c: stale PID file, overwriting.
May 10 17:23:33 [pulseaudio] socket-server.c: socket(PF_INET6): Address family not supported by protocol
- Last output repeated twice -
May 10 17:23:33 [pulseaudio] sound-file.c: Failed to open file /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/activate.wav
May 10 17:23:33 [pulseaudio] x11wrap.c: XOpenDisplay() failed
May 10 17:23:33 [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-bell" (argument: "sample=x11-bell"): initialization failed.
May 10 17:23:33 [pulseaudio] x11wrap.c: XOpenDisplay() failed
May 10 17:23:33 [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-publish" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
May 10 17:23:33 [pulseaudio] module-gconf.c: Unable to read or parse data from client.
May 10 17:23:33 [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-gconf" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
May 10 17:23:33 [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to load sound file.
May 10 17:23:33 [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
- Last output repeated 2 times -
May 10 17:23:33 [pulseaudio] main.c: daemon/main.c : Fatal error. Default sink name (output1) does not exist in name register.
May 10 17:23:33 [rc-scripts] ERROR: pulseaudio failed to start
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config files:
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default.pa:
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#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
### Load audio drivers statically
#load-module module-alsa-sink device=a71a
#load-module module-alsa-source device=a71a
#load-module module-alsa-sink device=nva
#load-module module-alsa-source device=nva
#load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-null-sink
#load-module module-pipe-sink
### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
#load-module module-hal-detect
### Alternatively use the static hardware detection module (for systems that
### lack HAL support
#load-module module-detect
### Load audio drivers automatically on access
#add-autoload-sink output module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#add-autoload-source input module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#add-autoload-sink output module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#add-autoload-source input module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
add-autoload-sink output module-alsa-sink sink_name=output0 device=nva description="nVidia Audio"
#add-autoload-source input module-alsa-source source_name=input0 device=nva description="nVidia Audio Capture"
add-autoload-sink output module-alsa-sink sink_name=output1 device=a71a format=float32le description="Aureon 7.1 Universe Audio"
#add-autoload-source input module-alsa-source source_name=input1 device=a71a format=float32le description="Aureon 7.1 Universe Audio Capture"
### Load several protocols
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
load-module module-native-protocol-unix
### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
### here if you plan to use paprefs)
load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
load-module module-zeroconf-publish
### Load the RTP reciever module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
load-module module-rtp-recv
### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink"
load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor
### Automatically restore the volume of playback streams
load-module module-volume-restore
### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
### connected to dies, similar for sources
load-module module-rescue-streams
### Make some devices default
set-default-sink output1
#set-default-source input
.nofail
### Load something to the sample cache
load-sample x11-bell /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/activate.wav
#load-sample-dir-lazy /usr/share/sounds/*.wav
### Load X11 bell module
load-module module-x11-bell sample=x11-bell
### Publish connection data in the X11 root window
load-module module-x11-publish
### Load additional modules from GConf settings. This can be configured with the paprefs tool.
### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might conflict with manually
### loaded modules.
load-module module-gconf
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daemon.conf:
------------
# $Id: daemon.conf.in 1287 2006-08-19 01:20:40Z lennart $
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
# USA.
## Configuration file for the pulseaudio daemon. Default values are
## commented out. Use either ; or # for commenting
# Extra verbositiy
; verbose = 0
## Daemonize after startup
; daemonize = 0
## Quit if startup fails
; fail = 1
## Renice the daemon to level -15 and try to get SCHED_FIFO
## scheduling. This a good idea if you hear annyoing noise in the
## playback. However, this is a certain security issue, since it works
## when called SUID root only. root is dropped immediately after gaining
## the nice level and SCHED_FIFO scheduling on startup.
; high-priority = 1
## Disallow module loading after startup
; disallow-module-loading = 0
## Terminate the daemon after the last client quit and this time
## passed. Use a negative value to disable this feature.
; exit-idle-time = -1
## Unload autoloaded modules after being idle for this time
; module-idle-time = 20
## Unload autoloaded sample cache entries after being idle for this time
; scache-idle-time = 20
## The path were to look for dynamic shared objects (DSOs aka
## plugins). You may specify more than one path seperated by
## colons.
; dl-search-path = /usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/
## The default script file to load. Specify an empty string for not
## loading a default script file. The
; default-script-file =
## The default log target. Use either "stderr", "syslog" or
## "auto". The latter is equivalent to "sylog" in case daemonize is
## true, otherwise to "stderr".
; log-target = auto
## The resampling algorithm to use. Use one of src-sinc-best-quality,
## src-sinc-medium-quality, src-sinc-fastest, src-zero-order-hold,
## src-linear, trivial. See the documentation of libsamplerate for an
## explanation for the different methods. The method 'trivial' is the
## only algorithm implemented without usage of floating point
## numbers. If you're tight on CPU consider using this. On the other
## hand it has the worst quality of all.
; resample-method = sinc-fastest
## Create a PID file in /tmp/pulseaudio-$USER/pid. Of this is enabled
## you may use commands like "pulseaudio --kill" or "pulseaudio
## --check". If you are planning to start more than one pulseaudio
## process per user, you better disable this option since it
## effectively disables multiple instances.
; use-pid-file = 1
## Do not install the CPU load limit, even on platforms where it is
## supported. This option is useful when debugging/profiling
## PulseAudio to disable disturbing SIGXCPU signals.
; no-cpu-limit = 0
## Run the daemon as system-wide instance, requires root priviliges
system-instance = 1
## Resource limits, see getrlimit(2) for more information
; rlimit-as = -1
; rlimit-core = -1
; rlimit-data = -1
; rlimit-fsize = -1
; rlimit-nofile = 200
; rlimit-stack = -1
; rlimit-nproc = -1
; rlimit-memlock = 25
## Disable shared memory data transfer
; disable-shm = 0
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/etc/conf.d/pulseaudio:
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# Config file for /etc/init.d/pulseaudio
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-sound/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.conf.d,v 1.6 2006/07/29 15:34:18 flameeyes Exp $
# For more see "pulseaudio -h".
# Startup options
PA_OPTS="--log-target=syslog --disallow-module-loading=0"