HOWTO: PulseAudio Fixes & System-Wide Equalizer Support

[afrodeity]

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I'm a bit afraid of this part of the howto, because I haven't had sound for a week, and now got it back, so don't want to have reinstall again. Is there some way of getting hold of libasound2-plugin seperately?

[afrodeity]

I don't have sound. Tried changing to OSS and testing but get this message:

audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink profile=music: Could not open audio device for playback. Device is being used by another application.


UPDATE: Okay, I got the sound back by right clicking the volume control and turning on "front" which was muted. But I am still freaked out by the fact that alsamixer in terminal only shows one slider and I can only access the other sliders with a code. Also my sound isn't that much better. Its a bit too "equalised" and could do with a boost in certain frequencies. Surely there should be a graphic equaliser, frequency booster for pulseaudio? Give the user some control. This is a bit like letting the software takeover and doping everything down. IMHO was better before I started frittering around looking for a graphic "equaliser" option. Thanks anyway.

[afrodeity]

Apparently Pulseaudio "works with ALSA aRTS and ERD applications using plugins". A graphic equaliser plugin for Pulseaudio. Please, somebody. Help. Before I start living in a world of muted brown sound.

[Djzn.BR]

Hi. I installed Jaunty, and Pulse Audio is working perfectly, just like the "A" item is told to be. However, I can't figure how in the world, the EQUALIZER won't work at all. I have the ldap plugins working and the configuration files tuned, just like the tutorial said. (Hey, I followed this guide back in Ubuntu 8.10 and everything worked awesome!)

The "alsa.equalized" pipe even shows up in the PulseAudio manager, but it will refuse to play anything if I direct the stream to it (it will halt audio if selected). Is this a bug? I am going to paste the verbose output of pulseaudio here...

This is a clean installation of Jaunty....


djzn@amd64:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 0: ES1370/1 [ES1370 DAC2/ADC]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 1: ES1370/2 [ES1370 DAC1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0




djzn@amd64:~$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is d071e95196e1f8c23cd3e9ae49f99366.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/djzn/.pulse/d071e95196e1f8c23cd3e9ae49f99366:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/djzn/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/djzn/.pulse/d071e95196e1f8c23cd3e9ae49f99366:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/djzn/.pulse/d071e95196e1f8c23cd3e9ae49f99366:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: alsa-util.c: Trying equalized with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable
D: alsa-util.c: Trying equalized without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Maximum hw buffer size is 371 ms
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device equalized.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled timer-based scheduling mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL equalized
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer equalized: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.equalized.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.equalized.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.equalized" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.equalized.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.equalized.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.equalized.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 1 fragments of size 65536 bytes, buffer time is 371.52ms
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Time scheduling watermark is 20.00ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=15502
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Mixer doesn't support dB information.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale not supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Plug PCM: Linear Integer <-> Linear Float conversion PCM (FLOAT_LE)
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 16384
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 371519
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 16384
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1073741824
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1073741824
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: LADSPA PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Playback:
D: alsa-util.c: Policy: duplicate
D: alsa-util.c: Filename: /usr/lib/ladspa/mbeq_1197.so
D: alsa-util.c: Plugin Name: Multiband EQ
D: alsa-util.c: Plugin Label: mbeq
D: alsa-util.c: Plugin Unique ID: 1197
D: alsa-util.c: Instances:
D: alsa-util.c: Depth: 0
D: alsa-util.c: InChannels: 0
D: alsa-util.c: InPorts: 15 "Input"
D: alsa-util.c: OutChannels: 0
D: alsa-util.c: OutPorts: 16 "Output"
D: alsa-util.c: Depth: 0
D: alsa-util.c: InChannels: 1
D: alsa-util.c: InPorts: 15 "Input"
D: alsa-util.c: OutChannels: 1
D: alsa-util.c: OutPorts: 16 "Output"
D: alsa-util.c: Contro
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Cutting sleep time for the initial iterations by half.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Cutting sleep time for the initial iterations by half.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Cutting sleep time for the initial iterations by half.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.equalized.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.equalized becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #4; argument: "device=equalized").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 1 "alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Mixer doesn't support dB information.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale not supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'Ensoniq AudioPCI' device 1 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device front:0: No such file or directory
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround40:0: No such file or directory
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 0
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround41:0
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround41:0: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 0
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround50:0
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround50:0: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 0
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround51:0
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround51:0: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 0
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround71:0
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround71:0: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 as last resort...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device hw:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Capture" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume.
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Mic".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: source.c: Created source 2 "alsa_input.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from -50.00 dB to 12.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: ALSA device lacks independant volume controls for each channel.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'Ensoniq AudioPCI' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (1411200/32)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+27
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #6; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_midi_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #7; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module-alsa-source.c: Overrun!
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default sink 'alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playb ack_0'.
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session22"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session22
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Cutting sleep time for the initial iterations by half.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Wakeup from ALSA! OUTPUT
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.equalized idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.equalized.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...


above: (not playing anything)

below: resuming playing music, and changing to the equalized pipe:
Attention to this line:
"E: module-alsa-sink.c: Failed to set hardware parameters: Invalid argument"


I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring device for stream sink-input-by-media-role:music.
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-media-role:music, because already set.
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-media-role:music, because already set.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Trying resume...
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Resumed successfully...
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'src-linear'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "Playback Stream" on alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 with sample spec s16le 2ch 48000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=200.00 ms, minreq=10.00 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Adjust latency mode enabled, configuring sink latency to half of overall latency.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=76800, tlength=21120, base=4, prebuf=19204, minreq=1920 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=76800, tlength=21120, base=4, prebuf=19204, minreq=1920 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 200.00 ms = 90.00 ms + 2*10.00 ms + 90.00 ms
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to uncorking
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes busy.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
I: client.c: Created 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring device for stream source-output-by-application-id:org.PulseAudio.pavucontrol, because already set
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.equalized.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.equalized.monitor becomes busy.
D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:
D: resampler.c: I00 I01
D: resampler.c: +------------
D: resampler.c: O00 | 1.000 1.000
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'peaks'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: source-output.c: Created output 0 "Peak detect" on alsa_output.equalized.monitor with sample spec float32le 1ch 25Hz and channel map mono
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=1, minreq=0 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=4194304, base=4, prebuf=4, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 60.00 ms = 40.00 ms + 20.00 ms
I: module-stream-restore.c: Storing volume/mute/device for stream source-output-by-application-id:org.PulseAudio.pavucontrol.
I: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring device for stream source-output-by-application-id:org.PulseAudio.pavucontrol, because already set
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes busy.
D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:
D: resampler.c: I00 I01
D: resampler.c: +------------
D: resampler.c: O00 | 1.000 1.000
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'peaks'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: source-output.c: Created output 1 "Peak detect" on alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor with sample spec float32le 1ch 25Hz and channel map mono
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=1, minreq=0 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=4194304, base=4, prebuf=4, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 60.00 ms = 40.00 ms + 20.00 ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-stream-restore.c: Storing volume/mute/device for stream source-output-by-application-id:org.PulseAudio.pavucontrol.
I: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring device for stream source-output-by-application-id:org.PulseAudio.pavucontrol, because already set
I: module-alsa-source.c: Trying resume...
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Resumed successfully...
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes busy.
D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:
D: resampler.c: I00 I01
D: resampler.c: +------------
D: resampler.c: O00 | 1.000 1.000
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'peaks'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: source-output.c: Created output 2 "Peak detect" on alsa_input.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 with sample spec float32le 1ch 25Hz and channel map mono
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=1, minreq=0 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=4194304, base=4, prebuf=4, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 60.00 ms = 40.00 ms + 20.00 ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-stream-restore.c: Storing volume/mute/device for stream source-output-by-application-id:org.PulseAudio.pavucontrol.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Overrun!
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes busy.
D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:
D: resampler.c: I00 I01
D: resampler.c: +------------
D: resampler.c: O00 | 1.000 1.000
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'peaks'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: source-output.c: Created output 3 "Peak detect" on alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor with sample spec float32le 1ch 25Hz and channel map mono
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=1, minreq=0 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=4194304, base=4, prebuf=4, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 60.00 ms = 40.00 ms + 20.00 ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-stream-restore.c: Storing volume/mute/device for stream source-output-by-application-id:org.PulseAudio.pavucontrol.
I: client.c: Created 3 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring device for stream source-output-by-application-name:PulseAudio Volume Meter, because already set
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Forcing resampler 'copy', because of fixed, identical sample rates.
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'copy'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: source-output.c: Created output 4 "PulseAudio Volume Meter" on alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor with sample spec float32le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=0, base=8, prebuf=1, minreq=0 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=4194304, base=8, prebuf=8, minreq=8 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 2000.00 ms = 2000.00 ms + 0.00 ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: source-output.c: Freeing output 4 "PulseAudio Volume Meter"
I: client.c: Freed 3 "PulseAudio Volume Meter"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: module-stream-restore.c: Synced.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: source-output.c: Freeing output 3 "Peak detect"
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Trying resume...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable
E: module-alsa-sink.c: Failed to set hardware parameters: Invalid argument <--APPEARS IN RED
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.equalized becomes busy.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
D: sink-input.c: Have to rewind 13900 bytes on render memblockq.
D: sink-input.c: Have to rewind 15128 bytes on implementor.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: sink.c: Requesting rewind due to started move
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
D: sink.c: Requesting rewind due to finished move
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=391.50 ms, minreq=10.00 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Adjust latency mode enabled, configuring sink latency to half of overall latency.
D: sink-input.c: Successfully moved sink input 0 from alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 to alsa_output.equalized.
I: module-stream-restore.c: Storing volume/mute/device for stream sink-input-by-media-role:music.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1274_5000_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-stream-restore.c: Synced.


dumping modules gave me this:

E: modinfo.c: Failed to open module "/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-rtp-recv": file not found


and I have the file

djzn@amd64:~$ ls -al /usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-rtp-recv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26228 2009-04-27 06:53 /usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-rtp-recv.so


and libraries match

djzn@amd64:~$ ldd /usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-rtp-recv.so
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7ef5000)
librtp.so => /usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/librtp.so (0xb7ee4000)
libpulsecore.so.9 => /usr/lib/libpulsecore.so.9 (0xb7e44000)
libltdl.so.7 => /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7 (0xb7e3a000)
libsamplerate.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsamplerate.so.0 (0xb7cd0000)
libsndfile.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1 (0xb7c73000)
libFLAC.so.8 => /usr/lib/libFLAC.so.8 (0xb7c20000)
libogg.so.0 => /usr/lib/libogg.so.0 (0xb7c1a000)
libspeexdsp.so.1 => /usr/lib/sse2/libspeexdsp.so.1 (0xb7c05000)
liboil-0.3.so.0 => /usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0 (0xb7b95000)
libcap.so.2 => /lib/libcap.so.2 (0xb7b90000)
libgdbm.so.3 => /usr/lib/libgdbm.so.3 (0xb7b89000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb7b80000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7b7c000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7b55000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7b3c000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb79d9000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7ef6000)
libattr.so.1 => /lib/libattr.so.1 (0xb79d3000)


I have installed the -proposed pulseaudio to see if it would fix the issue with this file, by following bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/326532

but pulse audio is working but
equalizer does not work.

Thanks for any input guys...

[gabrielshier]

Virtual Surround,
Hey There! Does any one know how do i use ALSA to create a virtual surround? I mean by connecting the bass and center to the Mic plug and connecting the RR RL to the Line-In plug?
Actually to make my ordinary sound card to a 5.1 sound card without any inputs? Oooh, and does any one have themes? Or how do i use them at all? Like themes of "concert", "Auditorium" and so on?

Thanks,
Gabi

[osarusan]

Thank you so much! This thread fixed my pulse problems I had since upgrading!

[doogiekd]

my error report after following the instructions for jaunty on my i386 compaq presario:

AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700
sound card: via technologies vt82c686 ac97

I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
[1] 4530
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
E: socket-server.c: bind(): Address already in use
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.

(pavucontrol:4531): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed

(pavucontrol:4531): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed
[1]+ Exit 1 pulseaudio

[ownsuall]

Rebooted again and its not working ...

[gazer22]

Has anyone been successful in getting the equalizer working in Jaunty?

I get this error from pulseaudio after following the steps in part D:

pulseaudio[3892]: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:equalized without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
pulseaudio[3892]: alsa-util.c: Maximum hw buffer size is 185 ms
pulseaudio[3892]: alsa-util.c: Failed to set hardware parameters on plug:equalized: No such file or directory
pulseaudio[3892]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=equalized"): initialization failed.
pulseaudio[3892]: main.c: Module load failed.
pulseaudio[3892]: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.


Output from aplay -l:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC880 Analog [ALC880 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC880 Digital [ALC880 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Thanks in advance...

[phatnutz]

PulseAudio is detecting my happaugue card as the only available audio playback deice, but I have my onboard sound enabled and it was working in intrepid before I did a clean install of jaunty.

lspci -v displays (among many others):

00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5455 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 20)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 810d
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
Memory at f8fff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

and
we have

nick@hub:~$ modprobe -l |grep snd-intel
kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.ko
kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0m.ko

so the module is loaded and the device is detected

this is discouraging:

nick@hub:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
nick@hub:~$

and finally:

nick@hub:~$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
[1]+ Exit 1 pulseaudio
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux x86_64 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is fe629a49e92408c517578b8e49f5af33.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/nick/.pulse/fe629a49e92408c517578b8e49f5af33:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/nick/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/nick/.pulse/fe629a49e92408c517578b8e49f5af33:device-volumes.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/nick/.pulse/fe629a49e92408c517578b8e49f5af33:stream-volumes.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_109e_878_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=1 source_name=alsa_input.pci_109e_878_sound_card_0_a lsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 1
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM front:1
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device front:1: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 1
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround40:1
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround40:1: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 1
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround41:1
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround41:1: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 1
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround50:1
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround50:1: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 1
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround51:1
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround51:1: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 1
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround71:1
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround71:1: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:1 as last resort...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
W: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 32000 Hz.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device hw:1.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:1'
I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Capture" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume.
W: alsa-util.c: Cannot find fallback mixer control "Mic" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume.
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Mic".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_109e_878_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_ 0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_109e_878_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_ 0.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_input.pci_109e_878_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_ 0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 32000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1280 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Mixer doesn't support dB information.
I: alsa-util.c: ALSA device lacks independant volume controls for each channel.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale not supported.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using software mute control.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 1 'Brooktree Bt878' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 32000
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 32000 (32000/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 2560
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 320
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 320
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 5764607523034234880
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 5764607523034234880
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_109e_878_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_ 0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=1 source_name=alsa_input.pci_109e_878_sound_card_0_a lsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_109e_878_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 1 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #5; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #6; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default sink 'auto_null' not existant, not restoring default sink setting.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_109e_878_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #9; argument: "").
D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloading null-sink as no other sinks detected.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink auto_null.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink auto_null.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "auto_null" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source auto_null.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source auto_null.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 1 "auto_null.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source auto_null.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #10; argument: "sink_name=auto_null").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_109e_878_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_ 0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source auto_null.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ...
^CI: main.c: Got signal SIGINT.
I: main.c: Exiting.
I: main.c: Daemon shutdown initiated.
I: module.c: Unloading "module-gconf" (index: #0).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-gconf" (index: #0).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-device-restore" (index: #2).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-stream-restore" (index: #3).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-alsa-source" (index: #4).
D: module-rescue-streams.c: No source outputs to move away.
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread shutting down
I: source.c: Freeing source 0 "alsa_input.pci_109e_878_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_ 0"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #4).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-hal-detect" (index: #5).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #5).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #6).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #6).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #7).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #7).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-default-device-restore" (index: #8).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #8).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-rescue-streams" (index: #9).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #9).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-null-sink" (index: #10).
D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloaded null-sink removed
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread shutting down
I: sink.c: Freeing sink 0 "auto_null"
I: source.c: Freeing source 1 "auto_null.monitor"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-null-sink" (index: #10).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-always-sink" (index: #11).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-always-sink" (index: #11).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-console-kit" (index: #12).
D: module-console-kit.c: Removing session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: client.c: Freed 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-console-kit" (index: #12).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #13).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #13).



Any ideas of how I can get this baby to use my onboard sound?
Do I even want to know if the front panel connector will work?

[phatnutz]

eventually I got this to work by using modprobe to load the correct alsa driver, the sudo alsa reload. My alsa mixer started working, and Pulse kicked in immediately. wierd that o n a reboot I have to unload the module, reload it and then 'sudo alsa reload'

[tdashroy]

I am on Jaunty Jackalope i386.

Here is aplay -l

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


and pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv

I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: We're in the group 'pulse-rt', allowing high-priority scheduling.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
D: main.c: Can realtime: yes, can high-priority: yes
I: main.c: Giving up CAP_NICE
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is 1d132e1f4e0ff97f5545bdcb49f963c6.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/tdashroy/.pulse/1d132e1f4e0ff97f5545bdcb49f963c6:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/tdashroy/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/tdashroy/.pulse/1d132e1f4e0ff97f5545bdcb49f963c6:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/tdashroy/.pulse/1d132e1f4e0ff97f5545bdcb49f963c6:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 127.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -95.25 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: ALSA device lacks independant volume controls for each channel.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_thre
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Read hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 14.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 21.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_thresh
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #6; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default sink 'auto_null' not existant, not restoring default sink setting.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-device-restore.c: Storing volume/mute for device source:alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa _playback_0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Storing volume/mute for device sink:alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_p layback_0.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-device-restore.c: Synced.

It seems that doing one of the above got sound to work for me, but whenever I log in it does one of the following:

1. Sound works and everything is fine.
2. Sound is muted when I log in and I have to turn it up and then everything works fine.
3. Sound does not work and I cannot get it to work. When I go to the Output Devices tab in the Pulseaudio Volume Control it has null output.

When I did the commands to get the requested output it fixed pulseaudio but before that the Output Devices tab in the Pulseaudio Volume Control it had null output. It now has HDA Intel - STAC92xx Analog.

I guess my question is, how can I make sure my sound will always work when I turn on my computer? Thanks!

[accabrown]

I noticed after upgrading to jaunty that my pulseaudio had started stuttering at times of high CPU load. After a great deal of fiddling with the settings in daemon.conf -- none of which helped -- I discovered the real trouble: somehow the upgrade process had removed all members from the pulse* groups. The effect was that the pulseaudio server was not getting enough cpu time. The diagnostic is an error message if you start it in a terminal which says that the renicing command failed because "We are not a member of pulse-rt" (I don't have the exact wording in front of me).

So, if you're getting stuttering after an upgrade, try running pulseaudio -k and then pulseaudio -D in a terminal, and if you get the error message described, make yourself a member of all the pulse groups, log out, log in again, and things should now work better.

Hope this helps someone

[harvodan]

Good to see you fix the stuttering bit, but how did making your user a member of the pulse-rt or whatever it is affect the cpu usage? Did it go down to a sane level after that?

[sixerjman]

I run Debian but added 'tsched=0' to the following line in '/etc/pulse/default.pa':

load-module module-hal-detect tsched=0

This forces pulseaudio to not run based on timer based scheduling. YMMV. Here is
a message from the PA developer to the ALSA mailing list talking about the stuttering issue:

http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2009-February/014929.html

[Absurd]

to anyone who can't get the eq working in jaunty, here's a very possible alternative

you can simply add this to /etc/pulse/default.pa

load-module module-ladspa-sink sink_name=ladspa_out master=alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa _playback_0 plugin=mbeq_1197 label=mbeq control=3.0,-3.0,-5.0,-5.0,-5.0,-6.0,-6.0,-6.0,-6.0,-6.0,-5.0,-5.0,-5.0,-2.0,2.0

change the master parameter to whatever pulse assigns to your sound card

the control values can be whatever you want

you might want to add
set-default-sink ladspa_out
to /etc/pulse/default.pa, but that doesn't seem to do anything

in order to output through the ladspa sink, you need to use padevchooser to change the default sink to the ladspa sink (you can test if it's working by viewing the volume meter from paman)

however, tread carefully, as this has been giving me problems

particularly, the following error

sink.c: Assertion '!s->thread_info.rewind_requested' failed at pulsecore/sink.c:640, function pa_sink_render(). Aborting.

if pulse crashes, you can just restart it by executing /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11

so far, I have been playing around with the "default-fragments" and "default-fragment-size-msec" settings in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf , but I don't believe that buffer size and latency are the issue here

so yeah, remember /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11

[harvodan]

Hi.

I've noticed cpu hogging behaviour in both Skype and Audacity, when recording audio under pulse. This is with Ubuntu Jaunty, of course.

[Darth Buh]

I can't get any audio in Jaunty at all. I've tried following this guide, uninstalling PulseAudio and changing back to ALSA, back again, etc.

NOTHING WORKS.

When I look at the PulseAudio display while running Last.FM, it shows the bars moving when music is playing, but no sound.

I ran Ibex 64 bit with no problems, Wine, etc... what the heck is going on.

DB

[psyke83]

to anyone who can't get the eq working in jaunty, here's a very possible alternative

you can simply add this to /etc/pulse/default.pa

load-module module-ladspa-sink sink_name=ladspa_out master=alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa _playback_0 plugin=mbeq_1197 label=mbeq control=3.0,-3.0,-5.0,-5.0,-5.0,-6.0,-6.0,-6.0,-6.0,-6.0,-5.0,-5.0,-5.0,-2.0,2.0

change the master parameter to whatever pulse assigns to your sound card

the control values can be whatever you want

you might want to add
set-default-sink ladspa_out
to /etc/pulse/default.pa, but that doesn't seem to do anything

in order to output through the ladspa sink, you need to use padevchooser to change the default sink to the ladspa sink (you can test if it's working by viewing the volume meter from paman)

however, tread carefully, as this has been giving me problems

particularly, the following error

sink.c: Assertion '!s->thread_info.rewind_requested' failed at pulsecore/sink.c:640, function pa_sink_render(). Aborting.

if pulse crashes, you can just restart it by executing /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11

so far, I have been playing around with the "default-fragments" and "default-fragment-size-msec" settings in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf , but I don't believe that buffer size and latency are the issue here

so yeah, remember /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11

That's a method I documented some months ago in this thread, but it's not recommended.

It's crashing because of module-suspend-on-idle. You can disable that module in your default.pa configuration, but that means that PulseAudio will keep your sound card device open constantly, increasing CPU usage even when idle.

[Absurd]

thanks for that

I think I know why the asoundrc method isn't working. If you ls /usr/lib for alsa*, you'll find that there is no ladspa plug-in. pulse, bluetooth, and samplerate plugins are all there (among others), but no ladspa. Therefore, the only other ways to get a system-wide eq in jaunty would be to use JACK or(no JACK plug-in either) build alsa plug-ins from source.

In conclusion, the system-wide eq does not work since libasound2-plugins does not incldue the ladspa plug-in.

[billtoliver]

I have a Dell Deminsion 8250 desktop with a Creative Sound Blaster Live sound card. I installed the Jaunty 9.04 OS about a week ago, and could not get any sound from my speakers. I followed the instruction for configuring Pulseaudio, and made the recommended setting in the sound preferences window, and the volume control applet. I still do not get any sound through my speakers. It appears that the OS recognized my speakers, and loaded Pulseaudio, ALSA, and eu 10k drivers. I assume that there is still a problem with the configuration. A computer tech. recommended that I boot off of a Knoppix 5.1.1 live CD. According to him, if I get sound with the Knoppix, that will confirm that the problem is with the configuration.

[NimoTh]

psyke83, you are the man.

This is what fixed it for me:
1. Removed the ~/.pulse directory.
2. Only installed padevchooser.
3. Set every playback to Autodetect and the capture to ALSA in sound settings.
Done. Works.

*Careful*
The mentioned libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio would replace the already installed libsdl1.2debian-alsa on my 9.04 Jaunty system. I figured I don't want this and it turns out that thought was at least not wrong.

[fhurtad]

I updated from 8.10 to 9.04 2 days ago. Thge process worked quite well, but I was having a lot of trouble with the movie player (crashed the shell and forded a logout of the user).
Today I used your suggested command:
sudo apt-get install libasound2-plugins padevchooser libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
and it corrected my troubles. The laptop is running OK. As an aditional comment, copying and pasting the command
sudo apt-get remove --purge libflashsupport flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound
does not work (I have to key it by hand).

[lavadisco]

I followed the instructions for Jaunty at the beginning. When I use VLC player, I can see it come up in the Pulse Audio Volume Control app, and I hear the sound fine. When I pull up Youtube in Firefox, I also see that appear in the Pulse Audio Volume Control app and see the vu meters moving, but I don't hear sound. I would imagine that somewhere in these 100-something pages is an addendum to the original instructions that will fix this?

[phaed]

My sound worked fine under Hardy, Intrepid and Jaunty, but recently I reinstalled Jaunty and all I hear is a crackling sound. I followed your guide but it didn't help. In the PulseAudio Device Chooser, I can see Totem show up and the sound bars moving back and forth, but all I hear is crackling.

The result of aplay -l and the verbose output for PulseAudio are attached.

[psyke83]

My sound worked fine under Hardy, Intrepid and Jaunty, but recently I reinstalled Jaunty and all I hear is a crackling sound. I followed your guide but it didn't help. In the PulseAudio Device Chooser, I can see Totem show up and the sound bars moving back and forth, but all I hear is crackling.

The result of aplay -l and the verbose output for PulseAudio are attached.

Your PCM volume is set to 0%. It's mentioned in the guide (although it's listed as an Intrepid bug).

[phaed]

Thanks! That did it!

[rod40cool]

I am pleased to report that Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty no longer has the pulseaudio bug affecting my soundcard H71 [Hoontech STA DSP24 Media 7.1], device 0: ICE1712 multi [ICE1712 multi] as per my December post here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6449370&postcount=989) and now correctly detects and identifies the card correctly as far as I can tell. Very happy. The work around was removed during the upgrade to 9.04 and all is working properly. Haven't had any issues with any sound applications yet in 64bit, including flash, Amarok.:)

[LonestarZ06]

I went through this procedure on jaunty and fall into category C of the general troubleshooting guide. The output as requested is attached. Thanks in advance for taking a look.

[Moozacman]

I followed your guide as I had no sound. When I chose "Autodetect" on my sound preferences I wasn't getting anything. I changed everything to "ICEnsemble ICE1724 IEC1724 IEC958 (ALSA)" and now have sound using Movie Player and Rythmbox but I get no other sounds from anything (no flash, VLC, system sounds) but they all show up in the pulse audio sound control as playing. Nothing I do seems to work so here's hoping you can help.

I'm using 32 bit Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jakalope. Here are my outputs of the codes you asked for:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ICE1724 [ICEnsemble ICE1724], device 0: ICE1724 [ICE1724]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICE1724 [ICEnsemble ICE1724], device 1: IEC1724 IEC958 [IEC1724 IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


and

I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is d2c4f3756cebf24258de74d349ef5312.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/moozacman/.pulse/d2c4f3756cebf24258de74d349ef5312:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/moozacman/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-rtp-recv' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
E: module.c: Failed to open module "module-rtp-recv": file not found
E: module-gconf.c: pa_module_load() failed
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-null-sink' with args 'sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink"' due to GConf configuration.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "rtp" with sample spec s16be 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: source.c: Created source 0 "rtp.monitor" with sample spec s16be 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #0; argument: "sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink"").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-rtp-send' with args 'source=rtp.monitor loop=1' due to GConf configuration.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: source-output.c: Created output 0 "RTP Monitor Stream" on rtp.monitor with sample spec s16be 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=174080, tlength=174080, base=4, prebuf=1, minreq=0 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=174080, tlength=174080, base=4, prebuf=4, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: module-rtp-send.c: RTP stream initialized with mtu 1280 on 224.0.0.56:46212 ttl=1, SSRC=0x13e67373, payload=10, initial sequence #11296
I: module-rtp-send.c: SDP-Data:
I: module-rtp-send.c: v=0
I: module-rtp-send.c: o=moozacman 3450841886 0 IN IP4 192.168.1.101
I: module-rtp-send.c: s=PulseAudio RTP Stream on moozacman-media
I: module-rtp-send.c: c=IN IP4 224.0.0.56
I: module-rtp-send.c: t=3450841886 0
I: module-rtp-send.c: a=recvonly
I: module-rtp-send.c: m=audio 46212 RTP/AVP 10
I: module-rtp-send.c: a=rtpmap:10 L16/44100/2
I: module-rtp-send.c: a=type:broadcast
I: module-rtp-send.c: EOF
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rtp-send" (index: #1; argument: "source=rtp.monitor loop=1").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #2; argument: "").
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink rtp becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/moozacman/.pulse/d2c4f3756cebf24258de74d349ef5312:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #4; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/moozacman/.pulse/d2c4f3756cebf24258de74d349ef5312:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #5; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
W: alsa-util.c: Device front:0 doesn't support sample format s16le, changed to s32le.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 1 "alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0" with sample spec s32le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor" with sample spec s32le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 3520 bytes, buffer time is 79.82ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -46.50 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: ALSA device lacks independant volume controls for each channel.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'ICEnsemble ICE1724' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S32_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 24
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3520
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 440
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 9977
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 440
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1845493760
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1845493760
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #6; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
W: alsa-util.c: Device front:0 doesn't support sample format s16le, changed to s32le.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: source.c: Created source 2 "alsa_input.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s32le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 3520 bytes, buffer time is 79.82ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'ICEnsemble ICE1724' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S32_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 24
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3520
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 440
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 9977
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 440
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1845493760
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1845493760
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+27
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #7; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_midi_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #8; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default sink 'alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playb ack_0'.
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
W: module-rtp-send.c: Failed to push chunk into memblockq.
W: module-rtp-send.c: Failed to push chunk into memblockq.
W: module-rtp-send.c: Failed to push chunk into memblockq.
W: module-rtp-send.c: Failed to push chunk into memblockq.
W: module-rtp-send.c: Failed to push chunk into memblockq.
W: module-rtp-send.c: Failed to push chunk into memblockq.
W: module-rtp-send.c: Failed to push chunk into memblockq.
W: module-rtp-send.c: Failed to push chunk into memblockq.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink rtp idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_1412_1724_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...



Here's hoping that you will be able to help me out, because I'm at a total loss.

[blacksm1th]

Hi, i have hard times trying to make equalizer to work. Pulseaudio without equalizer worked perfectly.
After creating .asoundrc and trying to run pulseaudio i get this:
D: alsa-util.c: Trying equalized with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device equalized: No such file or directory
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=equalized"): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
I: module.c: Unloading "module-suspend-on
Then i create asound.conf filled with same stuff like .asoundrc in /etc and get this:
D: alsa-util.c: Trying equalized with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM equalizer
I: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device equalized: File exists
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=equalized"): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.

Trying to get things to work i did update of pulseaudio and alsa and now i have latest versions but the errors are the same.
Audio devices:
~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC861 Analog [ALC861 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Help?

[Absurd]

Hi, i have hard times trying to make equalizer to work. Pulseaudio without equalizer worked perfectly.
After creating .asoundrc and trying to run pulseaudio i get this:
D: alsa-util.c: Trying equalized with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device equalized: No such file or directory
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=equalized"): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
I: module.c: Unloading "module-suspend-on
Then i create asound.conf filled with same stuff like .asoundrc in /etc and get this:
D: alsa-util.c: Trying equalized with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM equalizer
I: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device equalized: File exists
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=equalized"): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.

Trying to get things to work i did update of pulseaudio and alsa and now i have latest versions but the errors are the same.
Audio devices:
~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC861 Analog [ALC861 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Help?

libasound2-plugins doesn't come with the ladspa plugin. Therefore, it won't work. There is an alternate means of setting up a system-wide eq.

see:
here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7222898&postcount=1266)
and
here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7229673&postcount=1269)

[blacksm1th]

I tested that already :). But ~20% CPU load in idle is too much for an equalizer.
What do you mean with this "libasound2-plugins doesn't come with the ladspa plugin."?

Strange thing - in description of swh-plugins is mentioned for 16 band equaliser. But in first post of this thread i see only 15 values...? And only 14 values for frequency bands..? Where is the truth?

[Absurd]

ok, in the example .asoundrc file from the first post, we see the following entry

type ladspa

that is telling alsa to make use of alsa's ladspa plug-in

It won't work as there is no ladspa plug-in for ladspa available at the moment and I don't know why they left it out. Probably to minimize bloat? I don't know. They even left out the JACK plug-in, so there's goes any hope of trying that. You can build libasound2-plugins from source to get the JACK plug-in (if the JACK api is available), but no ladspa plug-in.

[blacksm1th]

Ok, Thank you for explanation.

[writher]

Hi,

I can get audio in VLC as well as system sounds but no sounds when watching Flash video.
Ubuntu Jaunty 64 with X-Fi

libflashsupport is not installed
flash-plugin non-free is not installed
Flash 10 is installed


writher@neo:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: XFi [Creative X-Fi], device 0: X-Fi 20k1 [WaveOut/WaveIn]
Subdevices: 7/8
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7


"pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv" output attached (rename .doc to .txt)

Sound preferences also attached

[writher]

The application does not play audio and does not list an entry in the Playback tab;

[writher]

Ok I have no idea what I did that fixed it, but it started working after a reboot.

[swatsbiz]

Ok Here's my problem,

I'm on Jaunty 64bit, Firefox with flash seems to access the sound card no problem, but once it has accessed the sound card no other sound apps work, although they do show up in the Sound Manager application Situation "C" as listed on your howto.

I've attached my outputs:

[Another Monkey]

On Jaunty (upgraded from Hardy) trying to use the equalizer breaks all sound. The only way to get stereo back was to remove all the equalizer stuff and do a pulseaudio reinstall!

What sounds I did manage to get out with the equalizer in place were only mono and not stereo as they should be.

I have, as far as I can tell, followed the correct steps although I did not follow any of the Hardy steps - so could there be old stuff hanging about as this is an upgraded system? I am also a Linux newb so there is every chance I have missed something that obvious to an expert.

Seems I just have to put up with tinny sound for a while longer.

I am also slightly perplexed as to why I seem to need ALSA, gstream, and PulseAudio for sound. Don't they all cover the same ground?

[Absurd]

yeah, ALSA is a set of audio drivers, api's, and tools to used for sound

pulse audio is used for mixing among other things

xine and gstreamer are used to abstract audio mixing and playback so that you don't have to do it directly from alsa, oss, or whatever audio drivers you use.

[Toshibawarrior]

Hi guys! It's been a while since I posted on these forums, but I was ubuntu-less for a while...

This morning i installed Jaunty and I followed this guide like I've always done ever since Hardy. But to my surprise, psyke83 claims that after setting the default audio devices on Pulseaudio Volume Control you're done...And I must say I'm not done.

In Hardy and Intrepid I set Pulseaudio and the system-wide equalizer and everything sounds awesome and very clean...almost like it did back in Windoze....but with jaunty I just get nasty tinny sound...My laptop (model on signature) sounds like it's inside a tin can with rocks inside of it.

I was really disappointed because I depend on my sound, but with this low quality sound it's almost impossible to even enjoy a single tune.

I also installed Kubuntu Jaunty and I remember following some steps of this guide and getting the exact same good quality I did with ubuntu...
Now I just get crappy tinny sound...

Any help?...Do I need to follow any special steps?...

Thanks in advance!

[afrodeity]

I went through some hassles with this whole process in Hardy and am still not 100% happy because there is no graphic equaliser. Anyway, it was sounding really rotten and tinny until I logged into thesixtyeight, which is a wonderful site. Suddenly the sound improved. Could also have something to do with the new 24-24 kernal update, but my sound is a whole lot better. Thanks to whomever figured out what was wrong and gave us updates.

[psyke83]

Hey,

Unfortunately, the equalizer won't work for Jaunty users. I'm investigating the issue and will report when I have news.

Note: there's an alternative way to enable the equalizer in PA that I have documented quite some time ago (and others have recently discovered), but it increases CPU usage and decreases battery life for laptop users, so it's not viable.

[Toshibawarrior]

Hey,

Unfortunately, the equalizer won't work for Jaunty users. I'm investigating the issue and will report when I have news.

Note: there's an alternative way to enable the equalizer in PA that I have documented quite some time ago (and others have recently discovered), but it increases CPU usage and decreases battery life for laptop users, so it's not viable.

Thanks for the reply man! ;)! I guess I'll wait for the equalizer to revive then :)!
And as for that other fix, it's not viable to me either because my laptop's battery lasts only like less than 2 hours as is...I don't need anything else to hog the power...:)

Thanks again!

[MrWhammy]

Hi,

I followed this guide, but unfortunately I get no sound from flash (most noteably Youtube). There are thousands of 'solutions' for this on the Googles, but none seem to fit my problem.

Whenever sound is supposed to be heared from Youtube, an entry in my volume control 'flickers'.

Output from pulseaudio seems to suggest connections getting constantly created and then dying again...

Any ideas?

I: client.c: Created 130 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=500 gid=500 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring device for stream sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [firefox].
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [firefox].
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [firefox], because already set.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'src-linear'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 129 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=500.00 ms, minreq=20.00 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Early requests mode enabled, configuring sink latency to minreq.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=88200, base=4, prebuf=84672, minreq=3528 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=88200, base=4, prebuf=84672, minreq=3528 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 520.00 ms = 460.00 ms + 2*20.00 ms + 20.00 ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to corking
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing input 129 "ALSA Playback"
I: client.c: Freed 130 "ALSA plug-in [firefox]"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
(This was the 130th connection in about 5 seconds)


Side information:
Ubuntu 9.04

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK804]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia CK804 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

When playing something (Totem e.g. works perfectly), I sometimes got errors in padevchooser (on the console): No such device. But I can't seem to reproduce them.



Thanks a million,
Brecht

[zika]

to OP: thank You very much for invaluable hint about resample-method that made a whole world of change in my system, after I've hooked up USB DAC ...

[caracuri]

I have tried the troubleshooting guide:
and it results the application is using PulseAudio but there is a problem, such as: a bug in PulseAudio, a problem with your ALSA kernel module or libraries, or your PCM/Master volume is muted.
the problem is that in the tab Output Device of pavucontrol there is only Null Output.
I don't understand because aplay -l:
$ aplay -l
**** Lista di PLAYBACK dispositivi hardware ****
scheda 0: Intel [HDA Intel], dispositivo 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
Sottoperiferiche: 0/1
Sottoperiferica #0: subdevice #0
scheda 0: Intel [HDA Intel], dispositivo 1: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
Sottoperiferiche: 1/1
Sottoperiferica #0: subdevice #0

so i try to log:
Script iniziato su mar 12 mag 2009 18:24:18 CEST
]0;antonio@notebook: ~pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv

I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.

I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.

I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.

D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes

I: main.c: Attualmente nel gruppo "pulse-rt", che consente scheduling high-priority.

I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) non riuscita: Funzione non permessa

I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) non riuscita: Funzione non permessa

I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.

D: main.c: Can realtime: yes, can high-priority: yes

I: main.c: Abbandono del CAP_NICE

D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no

I: main.c: Questo è PulseAudio 0.9.14

D: main.c: Host di compilazione: i486-pc-linux-gnu

D: main.c: CFLAGS di compilazione: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math

D: main.c: In esecuzione sull'host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009

I: main.c: La dimensione di pagina è 4096 byte

D: main.c: Compilato con supporto a Valgrind: no

D: main.c: In esecuzione in modalità valgrind: no

D: main.c: Build ottimizzata: sì

I: main.c: L'ID della macchina è 8a56d3e38b0ef4bb6459b29c48ee87e8

I: main.c: In uso directory di runtime /home/antonio/.pulse/8a56d3e38b0ef4bb6459b29c48ee87e8:runtime.

I: main.c: In uso directory di stato /home/antonio/.pulse.

I: main.c: In esecuzione in modalità sistema: no

I: main.c: Disponibili timer high-resolution freschi freschi! Buon appetito!

D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64,0 KiB each, total size is 64,0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496

D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success

I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").

I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").

I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/antonio/.pulse/8a56d3e38b0ef4bb6459b29c48ee87e8:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.

I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").

I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/antonio/.pulse/8a56d3e38b0ef4bb6459b29c48ee87e8:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.

I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").

D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success

I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa

D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer

D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer

D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_2

D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_1

D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'

D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...

I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed

I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device front:0: Dispositivo o risorsa occupata

D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...

I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed

I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround40:0: Dispositivo o risorsa occupata

D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...

I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed

I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround41:0: Dispositivo o risorsa occupata

D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...

I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed

I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround50:0: Dispositivo o risorsa occupata

D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...

I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed

I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround51:0: Dispositivo o risorsa occupata

D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...

I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed

I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround71:0: Dispositivo o risorsa occupata

D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 as last resort...

D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...

I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed

E: alsa-util.c: [1;31mError opening PCM device hw:0: Dispositivo o risorsa occupata[0m

E: module.c: [1;31mFailed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0"): initialization failed.[0m

D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0

D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'

D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...

I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.

I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.

I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0

I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: Nessun file o directory

I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'

I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".

I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.

I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.

I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right

I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81,27ms

D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0

D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1

I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.

I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from -12,00 dB to 34,50 dB.

I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.

I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.

D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():

D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM

D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume

D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51

D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0

D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256

D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:

D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE

D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED

D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE

D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD

D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2

D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100

D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)

D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16

D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584

D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448

D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158

D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE

D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1

D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448

D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0

D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1

D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1879048192

D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0

D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0

D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1879048192

D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0

D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:

D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE

D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED

D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE

D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD

D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2

D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100

D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)

D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16

D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584

D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448

D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158

D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE

D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1

D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448

D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0

D: alsa-util.c: start_thresh

D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up

D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29

D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%

D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%

D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%

D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.

I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").

D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1

I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 1 modules.

I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #5; argument: "tsched=0").

D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success

I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #6; argument: "").

I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").

I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default sink 'auto_null' not existant, not restoring default sink setting.

I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.

I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #8; argument: "").

I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #9; argument: "").

D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloading null-sink as no other sinks detected.

I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink auto_null.

I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink auto_null.

I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "auto_null" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right

I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source auto_null.monitor.

I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source auto_null.monitor.

I: source.c: Created source 1 "auto_null.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right

D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up

D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28

D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source auto_null.monitor becomes idle.

D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.

I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #10; argument: "sink_name=auto_null").

I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #11; argument: "").

I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"

D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1

I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #12; argument: "").

I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #13; argument: "").

I: main.c: Completato l'avvio del demone.

D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired

D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired

I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...

I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...

I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source auto_null.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...

I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ...

I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"

I: client.c: Freed 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"

I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.

I: client.c: Created 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"

D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14

I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1

D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes

D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes

I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring device for stream sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [aplay].

I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [aplay].

D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [aplay], because already set.

D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.

D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes busy.

D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:

D: resampler.c: I00

D: resampler.c: +------

D: resampler.c: O00 | 1,000

D: resampler.c: O01 | 1,000

I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'src-linear'

I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.

D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0

D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0

I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "ALSA Playback" on auto_null with sample spec u8 1ch 8000Hz and channel map mono

I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=500,00 ms, minreq=125,00 ms

D: protocol-native.c: Early requests mode enabled, configuring sink latency to minreq.

D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=4000, base=1, prebuf=3000, minreq=1000 maxrewind=0

D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=4000, base=1, prebuf=3000, minreq=1000 maxrewind=0

I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 625,00 ms = 250,00 ms + 2*125,00 ms + 125,00 ms

D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.

D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.

D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.

D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.

D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.

^CI: main.c: Ottenuto il segnale SIGINT.

I: main.c: Uscita.

I: main.c: Iniziato l'arresto del demone.

I: module.c:
I tried to remove pulseaudio and the audio works with alsa fine.
Is it a bug of pulseaudio?

[Chronon]

psyke83, thank you for the guide. I recently added ubuntu-desktop to my Jaunty Kubuntu and this got flash working with pulseaudio. Everything seems to work now! I have ProjectM-pulseaudio installed too for a nice audio-visual treat.

[Literati]

psyke83,

I followed your guide for Jaunty Jackolope users, and this is the problem I'm having...

http://whatimg.com/images/siffcc7mllrqbkxlms9x.png

Now, right here you can see that my soundcard is apparently playing from Songbird (Which it is not, Songbird isn't playing) and I'm watching a video on YouTube, which I AM getting sound from (But Shiretoko (FF3.5) isn't listed in the playback list as you can see)

However, if I "move stream" of Songbird to my other sound card ESI Juli@ (Which currently has nothing plugged into it, waiting on a headphone amplifier) then I can click play in Songbird, and at least the song tracker starts to move.

This leads me to believe I have this problem:

# The application does plays audio and does not list an entry in the Playback tab;
- the application is either accessing your sound card directly or playing sound via ALSA's dmix device. This will prevent PulseAudio from working correctly & cause audio mixing errors.

Now for some of my computer info for you to be able to try and help me (Please, and thank you :))

http://pastie.org/476108 has everything you asked for in the first post :) Just trying to keep my post short.

Anyway, thanks for any help that you can provide, I appreciate it! :)

[zika]

how to fix the following warning:
[ 20.937886] warning: `pulseaudio' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
(latest version of everything from themuso ppa ...)

[psyke83]

http://pastie.org/476108 has everything you asked for in the first post :) Just trying to keep my post short.

Anyway, thanks for any help that you can provide, I appreciate it! :)

Immediately, I can see that you're using the 64-bit Ubuntu release. I have noticed many 64-bit users complaining that the 32-bit Flash plugin won't play sound through PulseAudio in Jaunty.

Since I don't own a 64-bit CPU I can't be certain, but it seems that Jaunty's lib32asound2-plugins package is not working correctly. In other words, the 32-bit PulseAudio ALSA plugins (which allows 32-bit ALSA applications to route sound to the PulseAudio server) are either missing or non-functional.

The good news: You can fix Flash. Remove the 32-bit Flash package (adobe-flashplugin/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-installer), and install the alpha 64-bit Flash plugin from the Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html) site (note that you'll need to perform a manual installation - you may want to search the forum for the best solution).

The bad news is that other 32-bit ALSA applications will continue to fail with PulseAudio. The biggest (in fact, only) example I can think of at the moment is Skype.

When I have some time, I'll search and see if there's a bug filed about this issue.

P.S. What's the name of the GTK theme you're using?

[psyke83]

Hi,

I followed this guide, but unfortunately I get no sound from flash (most noteably Youtube). There are thousands of 'solutions' for this on the Googles, but none seem to fit my problem.

Whenever sound is supposed to be heared from Youtube, an entry in my volume control 'flickers'.

Output from pulseaudio seems to suggest connections getting constantly created and then dying again...


Are you using the 64-bit release of Jaunty? If so, read my reply to Literati, as it also applies to you.

If you're using the 32-bit release, it's highly recommended that you enable the "proposed" repository and upgrade to kernel 2.6.28-12-generic, as it contains crucial fixes for your sound card in conjunction with PulseAudio. Although I'm not sure it's the same issue causing Flash to fail, you should give it a try anyway. See bug #345627 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/345627).

[psyke83]

I have tried the troubleshooting guide:
and it results
the problem is that in the tab Output Device of pavucontrol there is only Null Output.
I don't understand because aplay -l:

Either a) your ALSA card is offering incorrect information about the capabilities of your card, which is confusing PulseAudio, or b) another application is accessing the sound card when PulseAudio is launched (causing a conflict).

I highly recommend you open a bug regarding your issue. This bug is also very similar, and PulseAudio's main developer answered: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470277

[psyke83]

Hi,

I can get audio in VLC as well as system sounds but no sounds when watching Flash video.
Ubuntu Jaunty 64 with X-Fi


See my reply to Literati.

[charlesall]

Hi

I am struggling to record/capture sound on my system:

Here are the details requested:

System: Jaunty amd64 on Intel DP45SG motherboard


charles@desktop:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: STAC92xx Digital [STAC92xx Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

charles@desktop:~$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit grants us acquire-high-priority privilege.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
D: main.c: Can realtime: yes, can high-priority: yes
I: main.c: Giving up CAP_NICE
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux x86_64 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is 761067ad99ba856e1ccb3a824a06acf9.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/charles/.pulse/761067ad99ba856e1ccb3a824a06acf9:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/charles/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/charles/.pulse/761067ad99ba856e1ccb3a824a06acf9:device-volumes.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/charles/.pulse/761067ad99ba856e1ccb3a824a06acf9:stream-volumes.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 64.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -48.00 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: ALSA device lacks independant volume controls for each channel.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 8070450532247928832
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 8070450532247928832
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_even
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 86% 1: 86%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 87% 1: 87%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 98% 1: 98%
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 8070450532247928832
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 8070450532247928832
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_hw_specific_2
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=1 source_name=alsa_input.usb_device_eb1a_2861_noseri al_if1_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:1.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:1
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:1: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:1'
I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Capture" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume.
W: alsa-util.c: Cannot find fallback mixer control "Mic" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.usb_device_eb1a_2861_noserial_if1_sound _card_0_alsa_capture_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.usb_device_eb1a_2861_noserial_if1_sound _card_0_alsa_capture_0.
I: source.c: Created source 2 "alsa_input.usb_device_eb1a_2861_noserial_if1_sound _card_0_alsa_capture_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 1 'USB Device 0xeb1a:0x2861' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 7944349742681554944
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 7944349742681554944
D: alsa-util.c: appl_ptr : 0
D: alsa-util.c: hw_ptr : 0
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+27
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.usb_device_eb1a_2861_noserial_if1_sound _card_0_alsa_capture_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #6; argument: "device_id=1 source_name=alsa_input.usb_device_eb1a_2861_noseri al_if1_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_eb1a_2861_noserial_if1_sound_card_0_als a_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 3 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #7; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default sink 'alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playb ack_0'.
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.usb_device_eb1a_2861_noserial_if1_sound _card_0_alsa_capture_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring device for stream sink-input-by-media-role:music.
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-media-role:music, because already set.
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-media-role:music, because already set.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Trying resume...
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Resumed successfully...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'src-linear'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "Playback Stream" on alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 with sample spec s16le 2ch 22050Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=199.55 ms, minreq=9.98 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Adjust latency mode enabled, configuring sink latency to half of overall latency.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=35200, tlength=9680, base=4, prebuf=8804, minreq=880 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=35200, tlength=9680, base=4, prebuf=8804, minreq=880 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 199.55 ms = 89.80 ms + 2*9.98 ms + 89.80 ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to uncorking
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes busy.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to corking
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing input 0 "Playback Stream"
I: client.c: Freed 1 "Rhythmbox"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_3a3e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved


Thanks
Charles

[swatsbiz]

Thanks Psyke83 for this thread,

The 64bit flash seems to be working, it might be worth providing a link on how to install it.

Also could you let me know (as I've got a little lost after reading through all the threads how I should set up VLC? i.e. do I set it to use Pulseaduio Server or the ALSA sound card?

Many thanks again
David

[hammeraxe]

Thanks for the great job! Worked perfectly on EeePC 901 running eeebuntu interpid :guitar:

[gazer22]

FYI:

I was experiencing horrible and annoying sound glitches recently - gurgling, skipping, you name it.

I had a feeling it was related to alsa, not pulseaudio and finally found this in /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/ALSA-Configuration.txt.gz:
Note 2: If you get click noises on output, try the module option
position_fix=1 or 2. position_fix=1 will use the SD_LPIB
register value without FIFO size correction as the current
DMA pointer. position_fix=2 will make the driver to use
the position buffer instead of reading SD_LPIB register.
(Usually SD_LPLIB register is more accurate than the
position buffer.)

Adding the line
options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1
to the end of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base cleared everything up.

I'm now running pulseaudio w/ equalizer in Ubuntu 8.10, and it sounds great!

[e4xit]

i have behringer uca 202 attached (and working just about) in ubuntu studio 9.04 (i386 i think... 32bit)

here is the output to aplay -l

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: default [USB Audio CODEC ], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


and to
pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: We're in the group 'pulse-rt', allowing high-priority scheduling.
I: main.c: RLIMIT_RTPRIO is set to 99, allowing real-time scheduling.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
D: main.c: Can realtime: yes, can high-priority: yes
I: main.c: Giving up CAP_NICE
D: main.c: Can realtime: yes, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-3-rt #12-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT RT Fri Apr 17 10:09:11 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is 1c820501b5fa1acd3225dded4a0c631c.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/will/.pulse/1c820501b5fa1acd3225dded4a0c631c:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/will/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/will/.pulse/1c820501b5fa1acd3225dded4a0c631c:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/will/.pulse/1c820501b5fa1acd3225dded4a0c631c:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_4
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_3
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_2
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -46.50 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'Intel ICH6' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 85% 1: 85%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 87% 1: 87%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 97% 1: 97%
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'Intel ICH6' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 62% 1: 62%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 62% 1: 62%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=1 sink_name=alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial _if0_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:1.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:1
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:1: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:1'
I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Master" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume.
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "PCM".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound _card_0_alsa_playback_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound _card_0_alsa_playback_0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 1 "alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound _card_0_alsa_playback_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound _card_0_alsa_playback_0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound _card_0_alsa_playback_0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 2 "alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound _card_0_alsa_playback_0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 128.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -128.00 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 1 'USB Audio CODEC ' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+27
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 96% 1: 96%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 96% 1: 96%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 99% 1: 99%
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound _card_0_alsa_playback_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound _card_0_alsa_playback_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #6; argument: "device_id=1 sink_name=alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial _if0_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=1 source_name=alsa_input.usb_device_8bb_2902_noseria l_if0_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:1.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:1
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:1: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:1'
I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Capture" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume.
W: alsa-util.c: Cannot find fallback mixer control "Mic" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound_ card_0_alsa_capture_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound_ card_0_alsa_capture_0.
I: source.c: Created source 3 "alsa_input.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound_ card_0_alsa_capture_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 1 'USB Audio CODEC ' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+26
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound_ card_0_alsa_capture_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #7; argument: "device_id=1 source_name=alsa_input.usb_device_8bb_2902_noseria l_if0_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound_card_0_alsa _control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 4 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #8; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default sink 'alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playb ack_0'.
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound _card_0_alsa_capture_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound _card_0_alsa_playback_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound _card_0_alsa_playback_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.usb_device_8bb_2902_noserial_if0_sound_ card_0_alsa_capture_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...



i have to set the audio settings to USB Audio CODEC USB (OSS) to get any sound in/out (although i think jaunty has native support for this behringer uca202....

also would like to be able to get songbird AND another sound out of my external soundcard, at the moment only 1 sound will play at a time... (eg ONLY VLC or ONLY songbird...not both at the same time)

any help appreciated..

Thanks,

Will

[PPPP]

I tried to follow this guide but I ran into some problems.

I did...


$ pulseaudio & pavucontrol


But was greeted by the following error:


pavucontrol:10078): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "ubuntulooks",
E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or resource busy
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_als a_playback_0 tsched=0"): initialization failed.
W: alsa-util.c: Device front:0 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
E: socket-server.c: bind(): Address already in use
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.


I'm on Ubuntu Jackalope i686

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK804]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia CK804 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0



$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vvI: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is 0297676a9644a7f896a84c0046d96584.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/plui/.pulse/0297676a9644a7f896a84c0046d96584:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/plui/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/plui/.pulse/0297676a9644a7f896a84c0046d96584:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/plui/.pulse/0297676a9644a7f896a84c0046d96584:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_2
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_als a_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
W: alsa-util.c: Device front:0 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 48000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 48000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1920 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -46.50 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'NVidia CK804' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 48000
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3840
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 2013265920
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 2013265920
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_als a_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_al sa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
W: alsa-util.c: Device front:0 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 .
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 .
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 48000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1920 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'NVidia CK804' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 48000
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3840
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 2013265920
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 2013265920
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 62% 1: 62%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 62% 1: 62%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_al sa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #6; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...


Anyone has any idea?

[swatsbiz]

sudo apt-get remove libpulsecore9 pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat pulseaudio-module-hal pulseaudio-module-x11

I did this and it sorted ALL the sound issues out, sorry Psyke83, we'll have to wait until Ubuntu get the pulseaudio sorted for 64bit systems.

[gazer22]

What worked for me with Ubuntu 8.10:

After following the instructions in the original post, I still had some work to do to get my system's sound running smoothly.

Sound stuttering with snd-hda-intel
I use the on-board audio from my nVidia based board, which identifies as: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC880 Analog [ALC880 Analog] from aplay -l. I believe one of the newer alsa versions and/or default Ubuntu configuration caused the sound from this card to be extremely choppy with any amount of cpu load (like scrolling a browser window).

The fix I found was to add the line: options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

Firefox/flash didn't play well with pulse audio
If I started firefox first thing off after logging in, and ran a flash program (say, youtube), the sound would go through alsa and not pulseaudio. A later attempt to use pulseaudio (via rhythmbox) would crash rhythmbox.

If I reversed that order, starting rhythmbox first, I would get sound from rhythmbox and not from firefox/flash.

Solution: I added the configuration file: /etc/asound.conf which contains the following:
pcm.!default {
type pulse
}

ctl.!default {
type pulse
}

pcm.pulse {
type pulse
}

ctl.pulse {
type pulse
}

After a reboot, Firefox & Flash play nicely through pulseaudio. I was expecting the command "asoundconf set-pulseaudio" to fix this, but it didn't.


The fine print:
I am running alsa 1.0.20, which I installed by running the alsa upgrade script found here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1046137. Probably not really necessary.

I am using an equalizer as described in the original post of this thread.

In /etc/pulse/daemon.conf, I have:
resample-method = src-sinc-best-quality
default-fragments = 5
default-fragment-size-msec = 25

I now doubt whether the default-fragment* settings are all that critical, and the resample method is definitely overkill.

I made sure that I was a member of the pulse, pulse-access, and pulse-rt groups,


Side effects:
The strangest thing I've found is that the little ubuntu sound that used to play when the login window showed upon booting doesn't play anymore (or you just can't hear it). Odd, but not that important to me.

[Absurd]

personally, I find src-sinc-best-quality to be overkill and a waste of cpu (which, for me, is a usage of 20% cpu during playback and resampling)

src-linear should be good enough if the samplerate of the playback audio isn't too far from pulse's samplerate (e.g. 44100hz song while pulse is set to 48000hz)

[gazer22]

personally, I find src-sinc-best-quality to be overkill and a waste of cpu (which, for me, is a usage of 20% cpu during playback and resampling)...

Agreed that it's overkill, but pulseaudio is only taking up 4% of my CPU right now, and the CPU isn't THAT fast! (AMD Athlon64 3200+)

[zika]

I found out that using resample-method=copy gives the best results in case You have good DAC (external, for example) ... since information-theory is my field of interest I am worried it took me so long ... :) OK, I did not have external DAC from the beginning ... :)

is there an answer to :http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7256192&postcount=1 ... ? I've written e-mail to maintainer of PPA for PulseAudio, no reply ...

[K-buntu]

I had no sound problems when I first installed Kubuntu 9.04 64-bit, but after installing the Ubuntu desktop as well, only static would come out of the speakers. I eventually got the sound working in KDE again, with the exception of Flash videos, and GStreamer based media players.

Wanting to get the sound in GNOME and Flash videos working, I followed this guide, which worked perfectly. However the sound in all KDE apps was now coming out as static again, so I logged back into Kubuntu again and tried readjusting the preferred audio devices in the multimedia options. This once again broke the sound in GNOME and Flash, which if I have to choose would be the one I would rather have working.

Except repeating the steps in the guide doesn't work this time, for some reason. I have a HDA ATI SB - ALC1200 audio card. Any suggestions? or should I just reinstall everything from scratch?

[Literati]

Immediately, I can see that you're using the 64-bit Ubuntu release. I have noticed many 64-bit users complaining that the 32-bit Flash plugin won't play sound through PulseAudio in Jaunty.

Since I don't own a 64-bit CPU I can't be certain, but it seems that Jaunty's lib32asound2-plugins package is not working correctly. In other words, the 32-bit PulseAudio ALSA plugins (which allows 32-bit ALSA applications to route sound to the PulseAudio server) are either missing or non-functional.

The good news: You can fix Flash. Remove the 32-bit Flash package (adobe-flashplugin/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-installer), and install the alpha 64-bit Flash plugin from the Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html) site (note that you'll need to perform a manual installation - you may want to search the forum for the best solution).

The bad news is that other 32-bit ALSA applications will continue to fail with PulseAudio. The biggest (in fact, only) example I can think of at the moment is Skype.

When I have some time, I'll search and see if there's a bug filed about this issue.

P.S. What's the name of the GTK theme you're using?

Well, a few days ago (Before you posted this) I'm not exactly sure HOW, but I did manage to get them both to work together... But I couldn't tell you how if I tried. Quite possibly because I'd just tried sooooo many things. :P Also, for the record, Flash 10's lastest revision (22 I think?) is in the Jaunty repos. :)

And the GTK Theme is Pucko Modern (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Pucko+Modern?content=91937) which comes with 4 bright fun colours. And there seems to be a modded version, called Pucko Dark (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Pucko+Modern+Dark?content=92055). Obviously, I didn't create any of this. :)

[psyke83]

Well, a few days ago (Before you posted this) I'm not exactly sure HOW, but I did manage to get them both to work together... But I couldn't tell you how if I tried. Quite possibly because I'd just tried sooooo many things. :P Also, for the record, Flash 10's lastest revision (22 I think?) is in the Jaunty repos. :)

And the GTK Theme is Pucko Modern (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Pucko+Modern?content=91937) which comes with 4 bright fun colours. And there seems to be a modded version, called Pucko Dark (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Pucko+Modern+Dark?content=92055). Obviously, I didn't create any of this. :)

You could try to install the lib32asound2-plugins package, and test the 32-bit Flash plugin again.

[Galata]

Thanks psyke83 for your great howto! :D ;)
I solve my sound problems.

When I fistly played a video in Firefox, e.g.youtube, (and it worked) and after that I choose an *.mp3 in my music player (audacious),
the player crashed.

And conversely: When audacious "was working", I have no sound in youtube videos!

I was trying to "fix" the flash plugin in Firefox but my sound had problems again!
----------------------
To solve my problem I use Part A & Part C.

In a 8.10 32-bit installation.
:guitar:

[minkbob]

I would like to know if there's a way to hear sound from Flash and Java in different browser tabs at the same time. My brother wants to play Runescape and listen to music on YouTube at the same time, but there's no sound on YouTube while Runescape is open in another tab. I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 32-bit and I have a CMI8738 sound card. I already followed the guide at the top of this thread, and I have sound working for Flash and Java individually, but not at the same time. I've tried opening pavucontrol, and seen that there is only one program entry for my browser. I've also tried using Firefox, Epiphany, and Opera, and exactly the same thing happens. If anyone could suggest anything, thanks.

[psyke83]

I would like to know if there's a way to hear sound from Flash and Java in different browser tabs at the same time. My brother wants to play Runescape and listen to music on YouTube at the same time, but there's no sound on YouTube while Runescape is open in another tab. I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 32-bit and I have a CMI8738 sound card. I already followed the guide at the top of this thread, and I have sound working for Flash and Java individually, but not at the same time. I've tried opening pavucontrol, and seen that there is only one program entry for my browser. I've also tried using Firefox, Epiphany, and Opera, and exactly the same thing happens. If anyone could suggest anything, thanks.

Runescape uses Java; which JRE have you got installed? As far as I know, Sun's JRE is compatible with PulseAudio as long as you've followed this guide.

[crjackson]

I would like to know if there's a way to hear sound from Flash and Java in different browser tabs at the same time. My brother wants to play Runescape and listen to music on YouTube at the same time, but there's no sound on YouTube while Runescape is open in another tab. I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 32-bit and I have a CMI8738 sound card. I already followed the guide at the top of this thread, and I have sound working for Flash and Java individually, but not at the same time. I've tried opening pavucontrol, and seen that there is only one program entry for my browser. I've also tried using Firefox, Epiphany, and Opera, and exactly the same thing happens. If anyone could suggest anything, thanks.

Hummm.... I'm pretty sure it works on my kid's machines. They seem to be playing Runescape while listening to youtube music. I'll check on that and get back to you with the settings.

[daniel3ub]

Sorry if I cannot read all the 133 pages from this thread, but I cannot get the
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
to work. I get the "The following signatures could not be verified because the public key isn't available..." error regarding the ppa.launchpad repos added.

Any idea?

Thanks!

[afrodeity]

I know this is off topic, but any clues about why my Sugar session no longer works?

/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
setting IM thorugh im-switch for locale = en_ZA.
start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default
***PULSEAUDIO: unable to connect: Connection refused
** (sugar-shell:13118): CRITICAL **.
_wrap-gstmixer-list-tracks: assertion 'GST_IS_MIXER (self->obj)' failed

[psyke83]

Sorry if I cannot read all the 133 pages from this thread, but I cannot get the
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
to work. I get the "The following signatures could not be verified because the public key isn't available..." error regarding the ppa.launchpad repos added.

Any idea?

Thanks!
It was a warning (not an error) that the packages could not be authenticated, and there was a note in the guide telling you not to worry about it.

Nevertheless, I've updated the guide to add my PPA key which will prevent the problem in the future, so check that step again.

[RgnKjnVA]

Thanks so much psyke83. Nice and clean reinstall and config. The eq really helped my laptop sound a LOT. If only someone would invent a subwoofer that fits in a laptop I would be in heaven. =oD No graphic way to modify that EQ though eh?

Also, any idea how to route output to a bluetooth headset in Intrepid? I can get my headset to pair and connect but I can't seem to route output to it =o/ It's one of 3 items on my Ubuntu Bummer list.

[thelastquincy]

Okie dokie here's the setup and problem......I've using Intrepid aka ubuntu 8.10 with a sony vaio vgn-nr460E im positive its intel hda......

this is what i get when i run that code...

thelastquincy@thelastquincy-laptop:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC262 Analog [ALC262 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
thelastquincy@thelastquincy-laptop:~$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilige.
I: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time/high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary priviliges:
I: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt' and PolicyKit refuse to grant us priviliges. Dropping SUID again.
I: main.c: For enabling real-time scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit priviliges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: Note that real-time/high-priority scheduling is NOT normally required. If you experience crackling or other sound anomalies, consider one or more of the above solutions.
I: main.c: High-priority scheduling enabled in configuration but now allowed by policy. Disabling forcibly.
W: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader.
W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.10
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0" with sample spec "s16le 2ch 44100Hz"
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor" with sample spec "s16le 2ch 44100Hz"
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes.
I: alsa-util.c: ALSA device lacks independant volume controls for each channel, falling back to software volume control.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #0; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec "s16le 2ch 44100Hz"
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels. Using hardware volume control.
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #1; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #2; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: protocol-native.c: loading cookie from disk.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #4; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #5; argument: "").
I: module-volume-restore.c: starting with empty ruleset.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-volume-restore" (index: #6; argument: "").
D: module-default-device-restore.c: No previous default sink setting, ignoring.
D: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #7; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #8; argument: "").
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #9; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-x11-publish.so': success
D: module-x11-publish.c: using already loaded auth cookie.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-x11-publish" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
I: client.c: Created 0 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: client.c: Freed 0 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: connection died.
I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
I: protocol-native.c: Enabled SHM for new connection
I: client.c: Client 1 changed name from "Native client (UNIX socket client)" to "gnome-volume-control"
I: client.c: Freed 1 "gnome-volume-control"
I: protocol-native.c: connection died.
I: client.c: Created 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
I: protocol-native.c: Enabled SHM for new connection
I: client.c: Client 2 changed name from "Native client (UNIX socket client)" to "gnome-volume-control"
I: client.c: Freed 2 "gnome-volume-control"
I: protocol-native.c: connection died.
I: client.c: Created 3 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
I: protocol-native.c: Enabled SHM for new connection
I: client.c: Client 3 changed name from "Native client (UNIX socket client)" to "gnome-volume-control"
I: client.c: Freed 3 "gnome-volume-control"
I: protocol-native.c: connection died.
I: client.c: Created 4 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
I: protocol-native.c: Enabled SHM for new connection
I: client.c: Client 4 changed name from "Native client (UNIX socket client)" to "gnome-volume-control"
I: client.c: Freed 4 "gnome-volume-control"
I: protocol-native.c: connection died.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0, member=PropertyModified
^A
its been going on for a while idk why but i was tired of waiting...anywho....when i open totem m player to play a song flv or mp3 it freezes up on me and i have to force quit every time....so i know i have sound bc the same files play on vlc....thats not my main concern...my main concern is when i'm online firefox and i try to play a video on youtube or any other site with video...i get no sound....i see the video and i know it supposed to have sound but nothing...it started about 2 days ago....when i do the pulse audio volume controller test....playback nothing shows up in the playback its empty for totem m player but it works for vlc same file....so idk wats the problem....i have done ur steps A&C.... i think i have included all the info i can...if u need anything else please pm me or w/e.....thanks i would love to get sound back when playing videos online....

-Steven Patterson aka QUINCYarrow

[Absurd]

No graphic way to modify that EQ though eh?

There is (http://www.thedigitalmachine.net/alsaequal.html), but it can be a real pain to deal with. Especially since it won't always play nice (especially not with wine).

[RgnKjnVA]

Ah thanks for the tip Absurd. I'll give it a go when I get home.

[bevoer]

):P):P

This all worked quite well for me - it's great to have sound in Flash working again without random crashes, and the equalizer tips worked like a charm - my tinny Inspiron E1405 speakers can finally pump out some volume!

The only bump was with Skype - the ALSA "pulse" device seems to still not work, and I have to continue using the OSS version and padsp like I did before... however, after the tweaks to daemon.conf, the OSS version + padsp no longer has the crackling noises it did before. :)

Contactless POS (http://www.mpos.net/s/p1.asp)|Fingerprint POS (http://www.mpos.net/s/p2.asp)|Credit Card Terminal (http://www.mpos.net/s/p3.asp)|Point of Sale (http://www.mpos.net/s/p4.asp) a good stat

[RgnKjnVA]

ugh I'm having two big problems. First is the problem where flash is not being routed to Pulseaudio in Firefox. This isn't really a 'problem' until I want to use my bluetooth headset though. Otherwise I can go back and forth between Amarok and FF to play audio without an issue despite the fact that FF audio is not going to PA. If I use my headset however trying to go back and forth results in all kinds of problems; apps hang, PA sometimes crashes, sometimes my standard volume meter (don't know the app name) dies too. Just a ridiculous mess.

The second is with Thunderbird. If I'm listening with my headset and receive an email, the email notification sound bombs everything yet when TB is running by itself, without anything else using PA, it appears to behave correctly per pavucontrol's Playback tab; it grabs a session (for lack of a better word), plays its sound and releases the session. No problem. *shrug* Things being what they are, I have to close TBird or disable email notification before listening to music. *sigh*

I read posts from someone earlier in the thread that had the flash issue but I get different results from the troubleshooting. Hoping someone can help I've spent so much time trying to get this right it's incredibly frustrating.

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid

$ uname -r -m
2.6.27-7-generic i686

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilige.
I: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time/high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary priviliges:
I: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt' and PolicyKit refuse to grant us priviliges. Dropping SUID again.
I: main.c: For enabling real-time scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit priviliges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: Note that real-time/high-priority scheduling is NOT normally required. If you experience crackling or other sound anomalies, consider one or more of the above solutions.
I: main.c: High-priority scheduling enabled in configuration but now allowed by policy. Disabling forcibly.
W: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader.
W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.10
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device equalized.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL equalized
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer equalized: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer hw:(null): No such device
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.equalized" with sample spec "s16le 2ch 44100Hz"
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.equalized.monitor" with sample spec "s16le 2ch 44100Hz"
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1760 bytes.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #0; argument: "device=equalized").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_4
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_3
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_2
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0...
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device front:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:0...
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround40:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:0...
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround41:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:0...
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround50:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:0...
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround51:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:0...
ALSA lib conf.c:3952:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0
ALSA lib pcm.c:2196:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround71:0
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround71:0: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 as last resort...
E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or resource busy
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0"): initialization failed.
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec "s16le 2ch 44100Hz"
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1760 bytes.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels. Using hardware volume control.
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #1; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 1 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #2; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: protocol-native.c: loading cookie from disk.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #4; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-null-sink' with args 'sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink"' due to GConf configuration.
I: sink.c: Created sink 1 "rtp" with sample spec "s16be 2ch 44100Hz"
I: source.c: Created source 2 "rtp.monitor" with sample spec "s16be 2ch 44100Hz"
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+27
I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #5; argument: "sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink"").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-rtp-send' with args 'source=rtp.monitor loop=0' due to GConf configuration.
I: source-output.c: Created output 0 "RTP Monitor Stream" on rtp.monitor with sample spec s16be 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=174080, tlength=174080, base=4, prebuf=1, minreq=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=174080, tlength=174080, base=4, prebuf=4, minreq=4
I: module-rtp-send.c: RTP stream initialized with mtu 1280 on 224.0.0.56:46924, SSRC=0x235d3c51, payload=10, initial sequence #2240
I: module-rtp-send.c: SDP-Data:
I: module-rtp-send.c: v=0
I: module-rtp-send.c: o=rgnkjnva 3452020173 0 IN IP4 192.168.1.3
I: module-rtp-send.c: s=PulseAudio RTP Stream on rgnkjnva-laptop.home
I: module-rtp-send.c: c=IN IP4 224.0.0.56
I: module-rtp-send.c: t=3452020173 0
I: module-rtp-send.c: a=recvonly
I: module-rtp-send.c: m=audio 46924 RTP/AVP 10
I: module-rtp-send.c: a=rtpmap:10 L16/44100/2
I: module-rtp-send.c: a=type:broadcast
I: module-rtp-send.c: EOF
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rtp-send" (index: #6; argument: "source=rtp.monitor loop=0").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-combine' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
I: sink.c: Created sink 2 "combined" with sample spec "s16le 2ch 44100Hz"
I: source.c: Created source 3 "combined.monitor" with sample spec "s16le 2ch 44100Hz"
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=174080, tlength=174080, base=4, prebuf=1, minreq=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=174080, tlength=174080, base=4, prebuf=4, minreq=4
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'trivial'
I: resampler.c: Using s16le as working format.
I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "Simultaneous output on ALSA PCM on equalized (Intel ICH6) via DMA" on alsa_output.equalized with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-combine.c: Master sink is now 'alsa_output.equalized'
D: module-combine.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+26
I: module.c: Loaded "module-combine" (index: #7; argument: "").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-rtp-recv' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rtp-recv" (index: #8; argument: "").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-zeroconf-discover' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-zeroconf-discover" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-volume-restore" (index: #11; argument: "").
D: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default sink 'alsa_output.equalized'.
D: core-subscribe.c: dropped redundant event.
D: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #13; argument: "").
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink rtp becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink combined becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.equalized.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source combined.monitor becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #14; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-x11-publish.so': success
D: module-x11-publish.c: using already loaded auth cookie.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-x11-publish" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source combined.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_266e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.equalized.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink combined idle for too long, suspending ...
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.equalized becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.equalized becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing output 0 "Simultaneous output on ALSA PCM on equalized (Intel ICH6) via DMA"
I: module-combine.c: No master selected, lacking suitable outputs.
I: module-combine.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink rtp idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.equalized idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
D: module-rtp-recv.c: Checking for dead streams ...
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
D: module-rtp-recv.c: Checking for dead streams ...
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
D: module-rtp-recv.c: Checking for dead streams ...
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
D: module-rtp-recv.c: Checking for dead streams ...
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
D: module-rtp-recv.c: Checking for dead streams ...
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted
W: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Operation not permitted


Given all the errors above, this next bit may be moot but here goes...


$ sudo updatedb
$ locate libflashplayer.so
/home/rgnkjnva/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
$ dpkg -S libflashplayer.so
dpkg: *libflashplayer.so* not found.


I noticed that my PC routes flash audio to PA and it's running Hardy/FF3.0.10/flash 9.0 r124, the file is npwrapper.libflashplayer.so My laptop is running Intrepid/FF3.0.3/flash 10.0 r22 it's libflashplayer.so. I'm not sure how or why my Hardy PC is using an nswrapper as it's 32-bit like my laptop. Would there be some reason nswrapping flash should route audio differently?

[0olong]

I'd got my audio working about 90% of the time before I upgraded (with the help of this guide), but since I switched to Jackalope 9.04, it keeps cutting out completely, and following the Jackalope section of this doesn't seem to have helped at all. :(

Any clues, anyone? Similar experiences?

Thanks a lot

- Oolong.

[talija83]

Hi, there, I'm new to this forum. :)

Just wanted to say that your tutorial about making sound in Skype work in Ubuntu 8.10 worked like a charm for me! Thank you for that! :)

[Logan Houp]

Hello, I seem to be having some problems with pulseaudio being EXTREMELY fragile. It will break on random system sounds and whatever sound it tries to play after that sounds like a scratched up record, skipping stuttering and eventually hanging itself to death.Although my biggest and most taboo issue is that whenever the sound breaks. My wifi breaks with it. I thought it was coincidence at first but it does it. Time after time.
Here is the output of aplay -l and pulseaudio -vv

I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-12-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 1 19:27:06 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is e5d8e1ec58d6638381d33800481d35c2.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/logan/.pulse/e5d8e1ec58d6638381d33800481d35c2:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/logan/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-null-sink' with args 'sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink"' due to GConf configuration.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "rtp" with sample spec s16be 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: source.c: Created source 0 "rtp.monitor" with sample spec s16be 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #0; argument: "sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink"").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-rtp-send' with args 'source=rtp.monitor loop=1' due to GConf configuration.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: source-output.c: Created output 0 "RTP Monitor Stream" on rtp.monitor with sample spec s16be 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=174080, tlength=174080, base=4, prebuf=1, minreq=0 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=174080, tlength=174080, base=4, prebuf=4, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: module-rtp-send.c: RTP stream initialized with mtu 1280 on 224.0.0.56:46186 ttl=1, SSRC=0x50d49694, payload=10, initial sequence #57080
I: module-rtp-send.c: SDP-Data:
I: module-rtp-send.c: v=0
I: module-rtp-send.c: o=logan 3452291951 0 IN IP4 192.168.200.253
I: module-rtp-send.c: s=PulseAudio RTP Stream on logan-laptop
I: module-rtp-send.c: c=IN IP4 224.0.0.56
I: module-rtp-send.c: t=3452291951 0
I: module-rtp-send.c: a=recvonly
I: module-rtp-send.c: m=audio 46186 RTP/AVP 10
I: module-rtp-send.c: a=rtpmap:10 L16/44100/2
I: module-rtp-send.c: a=type:broadcast
I: module-rtp-send.c: EOF
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rtp-send" (index: #1; argument: "source=rtp.monitor loop=1").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-combine' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
I: sink.c: Created sink 1 "combined" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: source.c: Created source 1 "combined.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: module-combine.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
I: module.c: Loaded "module-combine" (index: #2; argument: "").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-native-protocol-tcp' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-esound-protocol-tcp' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #4; argument: "").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-zeroconf-publish' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Publishing services in Zeroconf
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for logan@logan-laptop: RTP Multicast Sink.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for logan@logan-laptop: Simultaneous Output.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #5; argument: "").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-rtp-recv' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
E: module.c: Failed to open module "module-rtp-recv": file not found
E: module-gconf.c: pa_module_load() failed
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-zeroconf-discover' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-zeroconf-discover" (index: #6; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #7; argument: "").
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink rtp becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink combined becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source combined.monitor becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/logan/.pulse/e5d8e1ec58d6638381d33800481d35c2:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/logan/.pulse/e5d8e1ec58d6638381d33800481d35c2:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #10; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4378_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4378_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4378_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 2 "alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 2 "alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 63.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -94.50 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'ATI IXP' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+27
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: module-combine.c: Configuring new sink: alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=16777216, tlength=16777216, base=4, prebuf=1, minreq=0 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=16777216, tlength=16777216, base=4, prebuf=4, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: module-stream-restore.c: Not restore device for stream sink-input-by-media-role:filter, because already set.
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-media-role:filter.
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-media-role:filter.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'trivial'
I: resampler.c: Using s16le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "Simultaneous output on ATI IXP - ATI IXP AC97" on alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for logan@logan-laptop: Simultaneous Output.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for logan@logan-laptop: ATI IXP - ATI IXP AC97.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #11; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: source.c: Created source 3 "alsa_input.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'ATI IXP' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+26
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for logan@logan-laptop: ATI IXP - ATI IXP AC97.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #12; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #13; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default sink 'alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playb ack_0'.
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #16; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #17; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #18; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session4"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session4
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #19; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #20; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established service logan@logan-laptop: RTP Multicast Sink.
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established main service.
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established service logan@logan-laptop: ATI IXP - ATI IXP AC97.
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established service logan@logan-laptop: ATI IXP - ATI IXP AC97.
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established service logan@logan-laptop: Simultaneous Output.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink rtp idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source combined.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink combined idle for too long, suspending ...
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing input 0 "Simultaneous output on ATI IXP - ATI IXP AC97"
I: module-combine.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_1002_4370_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: IXP [ATI IXP], device 0: ATI IXP AC97 [ATI IXP AC97]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Modem [ATI IXP Modem], device 0: ATI IXP MC97 [ATI IXP MC97]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #

This is a real pain due to the wifi breakage. Any help is appreciated.

[jbraswell]

Trying to follow the directions in the guide, I get the following results. Any ideas?


jbraswell@jbraswell-desktop:~$ pulseaudio & pavucontrol
[1] 7412
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or resource busy
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0"): initialization failed.
E: socket-server.c: bind(): Address already in use
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.

(pavucontrol:7413): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed

(pavucontrol:7413): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed
[1]+ Exit 1 pulseaudio

I'm running Januty on 64-bit machine. Here's the output of the requested commands

jbraswell@jbraswell-desktop:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: STAC92xx Digital [STAC92xx Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
jbraswell@jbraswell-desktop:~$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux x86_64 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is dd2b267ba4be96717a02ebf04a1c7d50.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/jbraswell/.pulse/dd2b267ba4be96717a02ebf04a1c7d50:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/jbraswell/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/jbraswell/.pulse/dd2b267ba4be96717a02ebf04a1c7d50:device-volumes.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/jbraswell/.pulse/dd2b267ba4be96717a02ebf04a1c7d50:stream-volumes.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 127.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -95.25 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: ALSA device lacks independant volume controls for each channel.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 8070450532247928832
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 8070450532247928832
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_even
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Read hardware volume: 0: 93% 1: 93%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 14.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 21.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 8070450532247928832
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 8070450532247928832
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-alsa-source.c: Read hardware volume: 0: 97% 1: 97%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_aa30_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_3
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_aa30_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #6; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-device-restore.c: Storing volume/mute for device source:alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa _playback_0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Storing volume/mute for device sink:alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_p layback_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Storing volume/mute for device source:alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_ capture_0.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-device-restore.c: Synced.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved

[-kg-]

I just upgraded my desktop to Jaunty from Hardy (fresh install) and once again am having issues with the sound using Flash in Firefox. This post is just to mark this thread so I can find it without going through several hundred pages of my posts (again!).

I'll experiment around and see if I can get this running.

[zika]

I just upgraded my desktop to Jaunty from Hardy (fresh install) and once again am having issues with the sound using Flash in Firefox. This post is just to mark this thread so I can find it without going through several hundred pages of my posts (again!).

I'll experiment around and see if I can get this running.
You can subscribe to a thread via Thread Tools without posting ...

[vmsda]

I have Hardy 64-bit installed, tried the package and got the following:

1. In Part A, step 5, after accessing Output Devices, if I right click on a device I am not given any option, so I cannot set the default. All I am able to do is mute or not mute a specific device.

2. In Part B, step 0, the wget fails with a 404 error.

Any help for these problems? Thanks in advance.

[PPPP]

I tried to follow this guide but I ran into some problems.

I did...


$ pulseaudio & pavucontrol


But was greeted by the following error:


pavucontrol:10078): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "ubuntulooks",
E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or resource busy
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_als a_playback_0 tsched=0"): initialization failed.
W: alsa-util.c: Device front:0 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
E: socket-server.c: bind(): Address already in use
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.


I'm on Ubuntu Jackalope i686

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK804]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia CK804 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0



$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vvI: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is 0297676a9644a7f896a84c0046d96584.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/plui/.pulse/0297676a9644a7f896a84c0046d96584:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/plui/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/plui/.pulse/0297676a9644a7f896a84c0046d96584:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/plui/.pulse/0297676a9644a7f896a84c0046d96584:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_2
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_als a_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
W: alsa-util.c: Device front:0 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 48000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 48000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1920 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -46.50 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'NVidia CK804' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 48000
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3840
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 2013265920
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 2013265920
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_als a_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_al sa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
W: alsa-util.c: Device front:0 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 .
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 .
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 48000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1920 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'NVidia CK804' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 48000
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3840
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 2013265920
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 2013265920
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 62% 1: 62%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 62% 1: 62%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_al sa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #6; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_10de_59_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...


Anyone has any idea?

Can anyone help me?

[RgnKjnVA]

for the ubuntulooks thing...http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-530773.html

Google returns many other results if this isn't clear to you. I ran into that problem too but can't recall exactly which solution I implemented. It's not a biggie though.

[PaulHuffman]

I was impressed with 9.04 32 bit ubuntu when I upgraded from 8.11 on this Gateway E series. 9.04 recognized my LCD monitor and looked real pretty. Then I realized I haven't heard a peep out of the speakers since I installed it. Just a beep out of the PC internal speaker at shutdown. I rebooted of an 8.04, the speakers came roaring back.

I've been working at this off and on for a couple days now. When I tired your Step 5 above, pulseaudio volume control shows Output Devices-Audigy [unknown] and there is a muted symbol next to it that doesn't reset when clicked. How bad do I got it, Doc?

[jenkinbr]

I've tryed your tutorial start to finish for Jaunty. No luck. I end up with situation C under appendix a - A listing, but no output.

Here is the requested info:

jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$ echo "Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope" && uname -m
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
i686
jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801BAICH2 [Intel 82801BA-ICH2], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801BA-ICH2]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$ pkill pulseaudio && sleep 2 && pulseaudio -vv
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: We're in the group 'pulse-rt', allowing high-priority scheduling.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
D: main.c: Can realtime: yes, can high-priority: yes
I: main.c: Giving up CAP_NICE
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/jenkinbr/.pulse/f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/jenkinbr/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-native-protocol-tcp' with args 'auth-anonymous=1' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #0; argument: "auth-anonymous=1").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-esound-protocol-tcp' with args 'auth-anonymous=1' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #1; argument: "auth-anonymous=1").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-zeroconf-publish' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Publishing services in Zeroconf
I: module.c: Loaded "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #4; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/jenkinbr/.pulse/f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #5; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/jenkinbr/.pulse/f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #6; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device front:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround40:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround41:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround50:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround51:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 0
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround71:0
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround71:0: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 as last resort...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or resource busy
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0"): initialization failed.
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'Intel 82801BA-ICH2' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Intel 82801BA-ICH2 - Intel 82801BA-ICH2.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #7; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 1 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #8; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default sink 'auto_null' not existant, not restoring default sink setting.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #12; argument: "").
D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloading null-sink as no other sinks detected.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink auto_null.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink auto_null.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "auto_null" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source auto_null.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source auto_null.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 1 "auto_null.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source auto_null.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Null Output.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #13; argument: "sink_name=auto_null").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established main service.
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established service jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Intel 82801BA-ICH2 - Intel 82801BA-ICH2.
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established service jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Null Output.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source auto_null.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ...
I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: client.c: Freed 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 2 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 3 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 3 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 4 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 4 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 5 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 5 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 6 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 6 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 7 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 7 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 8 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 8 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 9 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:gnome-sound-properties.
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:gnome-sound-properties, because already set.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Forcing resampler 'copy', because of fixed, identical sample rates.
D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:
D: resampler.c: I00
D: resampler.c: +------
D: resampler.c: O00 | 1.000
D: resampler.c: O01 | 1.000
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'copy'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "Playback Stream" on auto_null with sample spec float32le 1ch 44100Hz and channel map mono
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=200.00 ms, minreq=10.00 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Adjust latency mode enabled, configuring sink latency to half of overall latency.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=70560, tlength=19404, base=4, prebuf=17644, minreq=1764 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=70560, tlength=19404, base=4, prebuf=17644, minreq=1764 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 200.00 ms = 90.00 ms + 2*10.00 ms + 90.00 ms
I: module-stream-restore.c: Storing volume/mute/device for stream sink-input-by-application-name:gnome-sound-properties.
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to uncorking
D: module-null-sink.c: Requested to rewind 352800 bytes.
D: sink.c: Processing rewind...
D: sink-input.c: Have to rewind 170244 bytes on render memblockq.
D: module-null-sink.c: Rewound 170244 bytes.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes busy.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to corking
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
D: module-null-sink.c: Requested to rewind 352800 bytes.
D: sink.c: Processing rewind...
D: module-null-sink.c: Rewound 2484 bytes.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing input 0 "audiotest wave"
I: client.c: Freed 9 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-stream-restore.c: Synced.
^C
I: main.c: Got signal SIGINT.
I: main.c: Exiting.
I: main.c: Daemon shutdown initiated.
I: module.c: Unloading "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #0).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #0).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #1).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #1).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #2).
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Removing entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Intel 82801BA-ICH2 - Intel 82801BA-ICH2.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Removing entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Null Output.
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #2).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-gconf" (index: #3).
D: module-gconf.c: Unloading module #0
D: module-gconf.c: Unloading module #1
D: module-gconf.c: Unloading module #2
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-gconf" (index: #3).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #4).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #4).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-device-restore" (index: #5).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-device-restore" (index: #5).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-stream-restore" (index: #6).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #6).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-alsa-source" (index: #7).
D: module-rescue-streams.c: No source outputs to move away.
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread shutting down
I: source.c: Freeing source 0 "alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #7).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-hal-detect" (index: #8).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #8).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #9).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #9).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #10).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #10).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-default-device-restore" (index: #11).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #11).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-rescue-streams" (index: #12).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #12).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-null-sink" (index: #13).
D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloaded null-sink removed
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread shutting down
I: sink.c: Freeing sink 0 "auto_null"
I: source.c: Freeing source 1 "auto_null.monitor"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-null-sink" (index: #13).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-always-sink" (index: #14).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-always-sink" (index: #14).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-console-kit" (index: #15).
D: module-console-kit.c: Removing session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2
I: client.c: Freed 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-console-kit" (index: #15).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16).
I: main.c: Daemon terminated.
jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$



Any ideas???

[jenkinbr]

I've tryed your tutorial start to finish for Jaunty. No luck. I end up with situation C under appendix a - A listing, but no output.

Here is the requested info:

jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$ echo "Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope" && uname -m
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
i686
jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801BAICH2 [Intel 82801BA-ICH2], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801BA-ICH2]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$ pkill pulseaudio && sleep 2 && pulseaudio -vv
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: We're in the group 'pulse-rt', allowing high-priority scheduling.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
D: main.c: Can realtime: yes, can high-priority: yes
I: main.c: Giving up CAP_NICE
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/jenkinbr/.pulse/f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/jenkinbr/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-native-protocol-tcp' with args 'auth-anonymous=1' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #0; argument: "auth-anonymous=1").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-esound-protocol-tcp' with args 'auth-anonymous=1' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #1; argument: "auth-anonymous=1").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-zeroconf-publish' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Publishing services in Zeroconf
I: module.c: Loaded "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #4; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/jenkinbr/.pulse/f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #5; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/jenkinbr/.pulse/f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #6; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device front:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround40:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround41:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround50:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround51:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 0
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround71:0
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround71:0: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 as last resort...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or resource busy
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0"): initialization failed.
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'Intel 82801BA-ICH2' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Intel 82801BA-ICH2 - Intel 82801BA-ICH2.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #7; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 1 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #8; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default sink 'auto_null' not existant, not restoring default sink setting.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #12; argument: "").
D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloading null-sink as no other sinks detected.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink auto_null.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink auto_null.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "auto_null" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source auto_null.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source auto_null.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 1 "auto_null.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source auto_null.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Null Output.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #13; argument: "sink_name=auto_null").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established main service.
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established service jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Intel 82801BA-ICH2 - Intel 82801BA-ICH2.
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established service jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Null Output.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source auto_null.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ...
I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: client.c: Freed 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 2 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 3 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 3 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 4 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 4 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 5 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 5 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 6 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 6 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 7 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 7 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 8 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 8 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 9 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:gnome-sound-properties.
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:gnome-sound-properties, because already set.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Forcing resampler 'copy', because of fixed, identical sample rates.
D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:
D: resampler.c: I00
D: resampler.c: +------
D: resampler.c: O00 | 1.000
D: resampler.c: O01 | 1.000
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'copy'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "Playback Stream" on auto_null with sample spec float32le 1ch 44100Hz and channel map mono
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=200.00 ms, minreq=10.00 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Adjust latency mode enabled, configuring sink latency to half of overall latency.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=70560, tlength=19404, base=4, prebuf=17644, minreq=1764 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=70560, tlength=19404, base=4, prebuf=17644, minreq=1764 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 200.00 ms = 90.00 ms + 2*10.00 ms + 90.00 ms
I: module-stream-restore.c: Storing volume/mute/device for stream sink-input-by-application-name:gnome-sound-properties.
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to uncorking
D: module-null-sink.c: Requested to rewind 352800 bytes.
D: sink.c: Processing rewind...
D: sink-input.c: Have to rewind 170244 bytes on render memblockq.
D: module-null-sink.c: Rewound 170244 bytes.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes busy.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to corking
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
D: module-null-sink.c: Requested to rewind 352800 bytes.
D: sink.c: Processing rewind...
D: module-null-sink.c: Rewound 2484 bytes.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing input 0 "audiotest wave"
I: client.c: Freed 9 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-stream-restore.c: Synced.
^C
I: main.c: Got signal SIGINT.
I: main.c: Exiting.
I: main.c: Daemon shutdown initiated.
I: module.c: Unloading "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #0).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #0).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #1).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #1).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #2).
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Removing entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Intel 82801BA-ICH2 - Intel 82801BA-ICH2.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Removing entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Null Output.
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #2).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-gconf" (index: #3).
D: module-gconf.c: Unloading module #0
D: module-gconf.c: Unloading module #1
D: module-gconf.c: Unloading module #2
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-gconf" (index: #3).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #4).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #4).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-device-restore" (index: #5).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-device-restore" (index: #5).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-stream-restore" (index: #6).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #6).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-alsa-source" (index: #7).
D: module-rescue-streams.c: No source outputs to move away.
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread shutting down
I: source.c: Freeing source 0 "alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #7).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-hal-detect" (index: #8).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #8).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #9).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #9).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #10).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #10).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-default-device-restore" (index: #11).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #11).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-rescue-streams" (index: #12).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #12).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-null-sink" (index: #13).
D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloaded null-sink removed
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread shutting down
I: sink.c: Freeing sink 0 "auto_null"
I: source.c: Freeing source 1 "auto_null.monitor"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-null-sink" (index: #13).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-always-sink" (index: #14).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-always-sink" (index: #14).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-console-kit" (index: #15).
D: module-console-kit.c: Removing session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2
I: client.c: Freed 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-console-kit" (index: #15).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16).
I: main.c: Daemon terminated.
jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$



Any ideas???
bump?

[ZGruk]

Well it works.... but no sound

I get my app listed in PulseAudio Volume Control but as I said, no sound.

aplay -l:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: nForce2 [NVidia nForce2], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia nForce2]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: nForce2 [NVidia nForce2], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia nForce2 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv:

I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: We're in the group 'pulse-rt', allowing high-priority scheduling.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
D: main.c: Can realtime: yes, can high-priority: yes
I: main.c: Giving up CAP_NICE
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-12-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 1 19:27:06 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is 0fff9b523265cca9a86ec35a492971f2.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/zack/.pulse/0fff9b523265cca9a86ec35a492971f2:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/zack/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-native-protocol-tcp' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #0; argument: "").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-esound-protocol-tcp' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #1; argument: "").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-zeroconf-discover' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-zeroconf-discover" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #4; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/zack/.pulse/0fff9b523265cca9a86ec35a492971f2:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #5; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/zack/.pulse/0fff9b523265cca9a86ec35a492971f2:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #6; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_2
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_als a_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -46.50 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'NVidia nForce2' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 75% 1: 75%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 75% 1: 75%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #7; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_als a_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_al sa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 .
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 .
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'NVidia nForce2' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 82% 1: 82%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 82% 1: 82%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #8; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_al sa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #9; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default sink 'alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playbac k_0'.
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_ 0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session7"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session7
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring device for stream sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel].
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel].
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel], because already set.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Trying resume...
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Resumed successfully...
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Forcing resampler 'copy', because of fixed, identical sample rates.
D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:
D: resampler.c: I00
D: resampler.c: +------
D: resampler.c: O00 | 1.000
D: resampler.c: O01 | 1.000
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'copy'
I: resampler.c: Using s16le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 with sample spec s16le 1ch 44100Hz and channel map mono
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=1509.27 ms, minreq=1.45 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Early requests mode enabled, configuring sink latency to minreq.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=133118, base=2, prebuf=132990, minreq=128 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=133118, base=2, prebuf=132990, minreq=128 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 1510.73 ms = 1506.37 ms + 2*1.45 ms + 1.45 ms
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing input 0 "ALSA Playback"
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring device for stream sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel].
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel].
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel], because already set.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Forcing resampler 'copy', because of fixed, identical sample rates.
D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:
D: resampler.c: I00
D: resampler.c: +------
D: resampler.c: O00 | 1.000
D: resampler.c: O01 | 1.000
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'copy'
I: resampler.c: Using s16le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 1 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 with sample spec s16le 1ch 44100Hz and channel map mono
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=1509.27 ms, minreq=1.45 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Early requests mode enabled, configuring sink latency to minreq.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=133118, base=2, prebuf=132990, minreq=128 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=133118, base=2, prebuf=132990, minreq=128 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 1510.73 ms = 1506.37 ms + 2*1.45 ms + 1.45 ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to corking
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing input 1 "ALSA Playback"
I: client.c: Freed 1 "ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel]"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: client.c: Created 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: client.c: Freed 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionAdded
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat, path=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1, member=SessionRemoved
I: client.c: Created 3 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring device for stream sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel].
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel].
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel], because already set.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Trying resume...
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Resumed successfully...
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Forcing resampler 'copy', because of fixed, identical sample rates.
D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:
D: resampler.c: I00
D: resampler.c: +------
D: resampler.c: O00 | 1.000
D: resampler.c: O01 | 1.000
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'copy'
I: resampler.c: Using s16le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 2 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 with sample spec s16le 1ch 44100Hz and channel map mono
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=1509.27 ms, minreq=1.45 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Early requests mode enabled, configuring sink latency to minreq.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=133118, base=2, prebuf=132990, minreq=128 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=133118, base=2, prebuf=132990, minreq=128 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 1510.73 ms = 1506.37 ms + 2*1.45 ms + 1.45 ms
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing input 2 "ALSA Playback"
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring device for stream sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel].
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel].
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel], because already set.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Forcing resampler 'copy', because of fixed, identical sample rates.
D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:
D: resampler.c: I00
D: resampler.c: +------
D: resampler.c: O00 | 1.000
D: resampler.c: O01 | 1.000
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'copy'
I: resampler.c: Using s16le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 3 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 with sample spec s16le 1ch 44100Hz and channel map mono
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=1509.27 ms, minreq=1.45 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Early requests mode enabled, configuring sink latency to minreq.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=133118, base=2, prebuf=132990, minreq=128 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=133118, base=2, prebuf=132990, minreq=128 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 1510.73 ms = 1506.37 ms + 2*1.45 ms + 1.45 ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to corking
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing input 3 "ALSA Playback"
I: client.c: Freed 3 "ALSA plug-in [gnome-panel]"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 4 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: client.c: Freed 4 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_6a_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...


Actually I do get some low static out of the speakers but other than that, nothing

HELP!!!!
](*,)

[psyke83]

Well it works.... but no sound

I get my app listed in PulseAudio Volume Control but as I said, no sound.

<snip>

Actually I do get some low static out of the speakers but other than that, nothing

HELP!!!!
](*,)

Your PCM volume is probably muted/set to 0%. See the note at the top of the guide for Intrepid (it seems that it also applies to Jaunty).

[psyke83]

I've tryed your tutorial start to finish for Jaunty. No luck. I end up with situation C under appendix a - A listing, but no output.

Here is the requested info:

<snip>

Any ideas???

Your sound card is being used by another process upon PulseAudio startup - PulseAudio needs to gain exclusive access. Ensure you do not have any other applications running that use sound, or system daemons (such as JACK, MPD and similar).

[ubuntwinkel]

Thanks for all the work on this How-To.

I'm using Hardy on an AMD64. Pulse has been strange lately, often crashing Rhythmbox. So I followed your How-To as much as I could, except one thing. When I try to install libasound2-plugins (either 1.0.15-1ubuntu3 or 1.0.16-1ubuntu2~ppa1 from the PPA repo), Synaptic tries to uninstall libasound2. (!) Along with everything that depends on libasound2, like, all of Gnome and many other essentials. My libasound2 version is 1.0.18-1ubuntu9, and I did *not* uninstall it.

I only was trying to install the plugins for completeness sake, since the How-To called for it. But it doesn't seem possible, and it seems like it should be possible. So I am wondering what I have broken.

Curiously, apt-get says "Reinstallation of libasound2 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded." This is both with and without the PPA repo's.

I am baffled. Any ideas?

Oh, and PulseAudio seems to be the same as before, though it hasn't crashed Rhythmbox today. ;)

[zika]

After each reboot my sound is down under. I can get it back with padevchooser>manager>devices>playing sink>properties>reset but it is kind of cumbersome ... Any ideas?
update: I found totally by accident a program that solves that problem even though it is intended for something totally opposite: EarCandy. It (I do not know why) pushes volume to 100% each and every time. That works for me! ... :) No more manual resets of streams I hope ... :) Back to amp's pot.

[ZGruk]

Your PCM volume is probably muted/set to 0%. See the note at the top of the guide for Intrepid (it seems that it also applies to Jaunty).

Well that's what I thought, but its not, its set to 100% volume.
URRGH.

[jenkinbr]

This happens after reboot, before any apps have a chance to start up.

I'm going to create a new user just to see if this is an issue across the entire system.

edit: done, but couldn't log in to my new test account.

Even worse:

jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$ sudo telinit 0
[sudo] password for jenkinbr:
jenkinbr is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$

wtf?

Edit #2: adding the new user somehow wiped my /etc/group file. Reinstalled system.

[jenkinbr]

This happens after reboot, before any apps have a chance to start up.

I'm going to create a new user just to see if this is an issue across the entire system.



OK, I now have my system back up and running (did a reinstall) and the sound is a system-wide issue - sound doesn't even play at the gdm login screen.

[PaulWhipp]

Thanks for the guide and the ongoing help in this thread!

I don't know if I've done something wrong or if this guide is not compatible with 9.04 UNR on the Dell mini:

I was unable to get the microphone on my dell 9" mini to work at all under 9.04 UNR. I found and followed this howto and was pleased to see the microphone level bar moving as I would expect it to in the sound recorder.

Unfortunately when I played back the file I had no sound. In fact I now have no sound at all for any application - it is as if the speakers are muted (which they aren't). So I am at C in your troubleshooting guide - applications show fine and the levels shoot up and down nicely on the bars in the display but nothing comes out the speakers.


$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0



$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is beb60f3e82dea8647055701749fc7e26.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/paul/.pulse/beb60f3e82dea8647055701749fc7e26:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/paul/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
E: pid.c: Daemon already running.
E: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.

[zika]

Did You check in padevchooser->Manager->Devices->sink_that_should_play->Properties->Reset. Beware: lower the level before reset because it might shout!

[PaulWhipp]

Thanks for the quick reply Zika.

The volume setting there jumped from 94% to 100% when I did the reset and I noticed you can slide it well beyond the 100% but to no avail. There is still no sound.

When I click on the volume meter Front Left and Front Right are skipping merrily up and down but no sound at all :(

[ratcheer]

Thank you very much, psyke83. :KS I have been wrestling with my sound setup for the past two days. Thanks to the original post in this thread, I think I now have it all working.

Tim

[jenkinbr]

OK, I now have my system back up and running (did a reinstall) and the sound is a system-wide issue - sound doesn't even play at the gdm login screen.
*bump*

It's also worth noting that my only listed output sink is auto_null and the output device is null_output. I may not be too smart in this area, but I know what null means.

[mister_playboy]

Many thanks for this tutorial. Sound on my laptop worked fine previously, but refused to be output through the headphone jack. Booting with headphones plugged in resulted in a low static sound from the speakers, and still no headphone output.

I had trouble with getting "Connection Refused" when trying to access the Pulse Audio applet... I have no idea what was conflicting with it, but setting the applet to run at startup and logging out/in solved the conflict.

Not to be rude, but why is sound such a big sore spot for Ubuntu? Problems as basic as a non-functioning headphone switch are, frankly, embarrassing. I can understand the issues with flash, however.

Everything is good now. Thank you again.

[mabovo]

I am thankfull to this tutorial too like the one in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130582.

Now I need only to set up my Apple keyboard/trackpad for MacBook2,1 - It's a kind of a mess for british keyboard with a portuguese configuration.

Thanks again Psyke83 !

[el_es]

Hello, nice tutorial - done everything as described (still running Hardy in june '09...) with a small nit :

The flashplugin-nonfree mentioned in your guide reports bad md5sum and ends up NOT installed.

The way around is to launch Synaptic, remove flashplugin-nonfree altogether, then go to adobe website and directly download and install adobe-flashplayer deb file for Ubuntu 8.04+. directly from their download page.

Details : my firefox was displaying the warning that the flash plugin is too old and advised a page to visit. I clicked on that link, which took me to the adobe download page, I downloaded the flash player for linux, selecting DEB file for Ubuntu 8.04+.
But after opening and installing it with gdebi, there was no sound at all in flash. I saw that Firefox still displayed the old plugin version 9. So i launched Synaptic and removed 'flashplugin-nonfree' then restarted firefox (also logged out somewhere on the way) and when i came back, the correct plugin was there and youtube was working (and not kicking firefox in the back when trying to change clips too often...)

NB. After using your guide, even the Skype for Linux is happy using 'pulse' on all options (input, output and ringing)!

Hope this helps somebody too.

[Jungleboss]

Does the pulseaudio parameter default-sample-format affect sound quality? Possible options are:

u8, s16le, s16be, float32le, float32be, ulaw, alaw. Depending on the endianess of the CPU the formats s16ne, s16re, float32ne, float32re (for native, resp. reverse endian) are available as aliases.

Default is s16le. Is there any reason changing this?

[Prium]

Hi and thanks Psyke83 for this easy to follow tutorial. Worked beautifully on my laptop.

---
EDIT

The sound is nicer after enabling system-wide equalizer and playing with the frequency volumes. BUT, after discovering that Mplayer can no longer initiate sound through PulseAudio, I have just realised that PulseAudio is not working properly anymore. I am greeted with the error message "Connection failed. Connection refused" on trying to open the volume control. Trying to start the daemon manually with 'pulseaudio & pavucontrol' fails.

I don't get it. There is no question that the equaliser settings have been taken into effect, as the difference now compared to before this tutorial is like night and day. How can this be the case if PulseAudio isn't working?

My goal here is to get MPLayer back up and running; and, if possible, retain the beautiful sound that I now get while PulseAudio is in a state of error. Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer assistance.

INFO:

Ubuntu 8.10

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
ALSA lib conf.c:1589:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:27:30:Unexpected char
ALSA lib conf.c:2850:(snd_config_hook_load) /home/drmatt/.asoundrc may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it
ALSA lib conf.c:2714:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Invalid argument
ALSA lib conf.c:3079:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
aplay: device_list:224: control open (0): Invalid argument

I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilige.
I: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time/high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary priviliges:
I: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt' and PolicyKit refuse to grant us priviliges. Dropping SUID again.
I: main.c: For enabling real-time scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit priviliges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: Note that real-time/high-priority scheduling is NOT normally required. If you experience crackling or other sound anomalies, consider one or more of the above solutions.
I: main.c: High-priority scheduling enabled in configuration but now allowed by policy. Disabling forcibly.
W: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader.
W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.10
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
ALSA lib conf.c:1589:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:27:30:Unexpected char
ALSA lib conf.c:2850:(snd_config_hook_load) /home/drmatt/.asoundrc may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it
ALSA lib conf.c:2714:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Invalid argument
ALSA lib conf.c:3079:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device equalized: Invalid argument
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=equalized"): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
I: main.c: Daemon terminated.

[reef2dive]

Hi
I have an MSI EX310, where this HOWTO does not work at all........
Just for anyone else that needs/wants to try.
The reason for starting to play with it was to setup Skype, where this HOWTO worked on my other laptop. Sound out worked fine prior to the HOWTO, however recording did not work at all. x. When I ran the setup, Sound ended up to be a scratchy sound only.
After realizing this did not work I tried the following link
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio which did not make a big difference.
Not being successful I used the System/Preferences/Sound and set all to use HDA ATI SB ALC888 (OSS) and the sound returned. I assume that this bypasses Pulse Audio.......
Skype is still not happy with the settings, and works intermittently with sound out. No recording possible.
If anyone has got it working on an MSI EX310 I would be happy if the settings could be posted.
When using Pulse I get the ERROR as in the attached picture.
When checking with pulseaudio -vv I get a number of lost connections between pulse main and sub programs.

:D

[ZGruk]

Well that's what I thought, but its not, its set to 100% volume.
URRGH.

bump

[jenkinbr]

I've tryed your tutorial start to finish for Jaunty. No luck. I end up with situation C under appendix a - A listing, but no output.

Here is the requested info:

jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$ echo "Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope" && uname -m
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
i686
jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801BAICH2 [Intel 82801BA-ICH2], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801BA-ICH2]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$ pkill pulseaudio && sleep 2 && pulseaudio -vv
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: We're in the group 'pulse-rt', allowing high-priority scheduling.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
D: main.c: Can realtime: yes, can high-priority: yes
I: main.c: Giving up CAP_NICE
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/jenkinbr/.pulse/f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/jenkinbr/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-native-protocol-tcp' with args 'auth-anonymous=1' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #0; argument: "auth-anonymous=1").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-esound-protocol-tcp' with args 'auth-anonymous=1' due to GConf configuration.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #1; argument: "auth-anonymous=1").
D: module-gconf.c: Loading module 'module-zeroconf-publish' with args '' due to GConf configuration.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Publishing services in Zeroconf
I: module.c: Loaded "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #4; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/jenkinbr/.pulse/f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #5; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/jenkinbr/.pulse/f164f5863693db99966a84754a0160d8:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #6; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device front:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround40:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround41:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround50:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround51:0: Device or resource busy
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Unknown parameters 0
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM surround71:0
I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround71:0: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 as last resort...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_hw.c: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed
E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or resource busy
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0"): initialization failed.
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1764 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'Intel 82801BA-ICH2' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3528
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 441
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1849688064
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1849688064
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Intel 82801BA-ICH2 - Intel 82801BA-ICH2.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #7; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 1 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #8; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default sink 'auto_null' not existant, not restoring default sink setting.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #12; argument: "").
D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloading null-sink as no other sinks detected.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink auto_null.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink auto_null.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "auto_null" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source auto_null.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source auto_null.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 1 "auto_null.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source auto_null.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully created entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Null Output.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #13; argument: "sink_name=auto_null").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established main service.
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established service jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Intel 82801BA-ICH2 - Intel 82801BA-ICH2.
I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established service jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Null Output.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source auto_null.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ...
I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: client.c: Freed 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 2 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 3 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 3 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 4 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 4 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 5 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 5 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 6 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 6 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 7 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 7 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 8 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 8 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 9 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:gnome-sound-properties.
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:gnome-sound-properties, because already set.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Forcing resampler 'copy', because of fixed, identical sample rates.
D: resampler.c: Channel matrix:
D: resampler.c: I00
D: resampler.c: +------
D: resampler.c: O00 | 1.000
D: resampler.c: O01 | 1.000
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'copy'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "Playback Stream" on auto_null with sample spec float32le 1ch 44100Hz and channel map mono
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=200.00 ms, minreq=10.00 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Adjust latency mode enabled, configuring sink latency to half of overall latency.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=70560, tlength=19404, base=4, prebuf=17644, minreq=1764 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=70560, tlength=19404, base=4, prebuf=17644, minreq=1764 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 200.00 ms = 90.00 ms + 2*10.00 ms + 90.00 ms
I: module-stream-restore.c: Storing volume/mute/device for stream sink-input-by-application-name:gnome-sound-properties.
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to uncorking
D: module-null-sink.c: Requested to rewind 352800 bytes.
D: sink.c: Processing rewind...
D: sink-input.c: Have to rewind 170244 bytes on render memblockq.
D: module-null-sink.c: Rewound 170244 bytes.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes busy.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to corking
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
D: module-null-sink.c: Requested to rewind 352800 bytes.
D: sink.c: Processing rewind...
D: module-null-sink.c: Rewound 2484 bytes.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing input 0 "audiotest wave"
I: client.c: Freed 9 "gnome-sound-properties"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-stream-restore.c: Synced.
^C
I: main.c: Got signal SIGINT.
I: main.c: Exiting.
I: main.c: Daemon shutdown initiated.
I: module.c: Unloading "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #0).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #0).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #1).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #1).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #2).
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Removing entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Intel 82801BA-ICH2 - Intel 82801BA-ICH2.
D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Removing entry group for jenkinbr@jenkinbr: Null Output.
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #2).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-gconf" (index: #3).
D: module-gconf.c: Unloading module #0
D: module-gconf.c: Unloading module #1
D: module-gconf.c: Unloading module #2
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-gconf" (index: #3).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #4).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #4).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-device-restore" (index: #5).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-device-restore" (index: #5).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-stream-restore" (index: #6).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #6).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-alsa-source" (index: #7).
D: module-rescue-streams.c: No source outputs to move away.
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread shutting down
I: source.c: Freeing source 0 "alsa_input.pci_8086_2445_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #7).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-hal-detect" (index: #8).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #8).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #9).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #9).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #10).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #10).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-default-device-restore" (index: #11).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #11).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-rescue-streams" (index: #12).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #12).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-null-sink" (index: #13).
D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloaded null-sink removed
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread shutting down
I: sink.c: Freeing sink 0 "auto_null"
I: source.c: Freeing source 1 "auto_null.monitor"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-null-sink" (index: #13).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-always-sink" (index: #14).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-always-sink" (index: #14).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-console-kit" (index: #15).
D: module-console-kit.c: Removing session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2
I: client.c: Freed 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2"
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-console-kit" (index: #15).
I: module.c: Unloading "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16).
I: module.c: Unloaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16).
I: main.c: Daemon terminated.
jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$



Any ideas???

Your sound card is being used by another process upon PulseAudio startup - PulseAudio needs to gain exclusive access. Ensure you do not have any other applications running that use sound, or system daemons (such as JACK, MPD and similar).

This happens after reboot, before any apps have a chance to start up.

I'm going to create a new user just to see if this is an issue across the entire system.

edit: done, but couldn't log in to my new test account.

Even worse:

jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$ sudo telinit 0
[sudo] password for jenkinbr:
jenkinbr is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
jenkinbr@jenkinbr:~$

wtf?

Edit #2: adding the new user somehow wiped my /etc/group file. Reinstalled system.

OK, I now have my system back up and running (did a reinstall) and the sound is a system-wide issue - sound doesn't even play at the gdm login screen.

*bump*

It's also worth noting that my only listed output sink is auto_null and the output device is null_output. I may not be too smart in this area, but I know what null means.

~BUMPo!~

[mmoalem]

hi there all - hope someone here can help... my audio on my laptop has gone completly - all i get is some crackling noise. that's true for both ALSA and Pulse audio but sound works if i choose OSS...
I am running Jaunty (which was an upgrade rather than fresh install) on laptop with Intel chipset
these are the outputs:
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


~$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-12-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 1 19:27:06 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is 2841e4978d351d7179694a504950cbcd.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/michel/.pulse/2841e4978d351d7179694a504950cbcd:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/michel/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/michel/.pulse/2841e4978d351d7179694a504950cbcd:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/michel/.pulse/2841e4978d351d7179694a504950cbcd:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_6
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_6
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -46.50 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: ALSA device lacks independant volume controls for each channel.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_thre
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 92% 1: 92%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 94% 1: 94%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 97% 1: 97%
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_thresh
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 62% 1: 62%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 62% 1: 62%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #6; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default sink 'alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playb ack_0'.
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: client.c: Freed 1 "totem-audio-preview"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 14, local 14
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring device for stream sink-input-by-application-name:totem-audio-preview.
I: module-stream-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:totem-audio-preview.
D: module-stream-restore.c: Not restoring mute state for sink input sink-input-by-application-name:totem-audio-preview, because already set.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Trying resume...
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Resumed successfully...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes busy.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0
I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "Playback Stream" on alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=200.00 ms, minreq=10.00 ms
D: protocol-native.c: Adjust latency mode enabled, configuring sink latency to half of overall latency.
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=70560, tlength=19404, base=4, prebuf=17644, minreq=1764 maxrewind=0
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=70560, tlength=19404, base=4, prebuf=17644, minreq=1764 maxrewind=0
I: protocol-native.c: Final latency 200.00 ms = 90.00 ms + 2*10.00 ms + 90.00 ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to uncorking
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes busy.
D: protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun.
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: sink-input.c: Freeing input 0 "'Hubo un lugar + Cuba linda' by 'Bebo Valdes & Diego el Cigala'"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Freed 2 "totem-audio-preview"
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...

[RogerTX]

Like the others here, I am running 9.04, and followed the instructions, but I have no sound at all; applications show up in the manager, but the only output device is NULL.



Requested output:

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0




pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is 8986fa45f4d848930d3edd00478991c7.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/rlosey/.pulse/8986fa45f4d848930d3edd00478991c7:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/rlosey/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/rlosey/.pulse/8986fa45f4d848930d3edd00478991c7:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/rlosey/.pulse/8986fa45f4d848930d3edd00478991c7:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_4
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -46.50 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: ALSA device lacks independant volume controls for each channel.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_thre
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 85% 1: 85%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 87% 1: 87%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 97% 1: 97%
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0.
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from -16.50 dB to 30.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_thresh
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 39% 1: 39%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 39% 1: 39%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=1 source_name=alsa_input.usb_device_45e_f5_noserial_ if1_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:front:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:front:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:front:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround40:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround40:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:surround40:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround41:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround41:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable
I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:surround41:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround50:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround50:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable
I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:surround50:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround51:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround51:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable
I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:surround51:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround71:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:surround71:1 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm_params.c: Slave PCM not usable
I: alsa-util.c: PCM device plug:surround71:1 refused our hw parameters: Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:1 as last resort...
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:1 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
W: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 16000 Hz.
W: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 2 channels, changed to 1.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device hw:1.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:1'
I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Capture" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume.
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Mic".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.usb_device_45e_f5_noserial_if1_sound_ca rd_0_alsa_capture_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.usb_device_45e_f5_noserial_if1_sound_ca rd_0_alsa_capture_0.
I: source.c: Created source 2 "alsa_input.usb_device_45e_f5_noserial_if1_sound_ca rd_0_alsa_capture_0" with sample spec s16le 1ch 16000Hz and channel map mono
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 320 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 24.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 24.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 1 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 1 'USB camera' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 1
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 16000
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 16000 (16000/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 1280
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 160
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 160
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1342177280
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1342177280
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+27
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 60%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 61%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 98%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.usb_device_45e_f5_noserial_if1_sound_ca rd_0_alsa_capture_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #6; argument: "device_id=1 source_name=alsa_input.usb_device_45e_f5_noserial_ if1_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_45e_f5_noserial_if1_sound_card_0_alsa_c ontrol__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 3 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #7; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default sink 'alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playb ack_0'.
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_captur e_0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session4"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session4
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-alsa-source.c: Read hardware volume: 0: 60%
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.usb_device_45e_f5_noserial_if1_sound_ca rd_0_alsa_capture_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device, path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_51d_2_4B0738P10233_if0_hiddev, member=PropertyModified

Edit - added - please use them on long outputs.

[drifter2502]

Thank you psyke83. Worked for me in 8.04.1. Your tutorial was very easy to follow.

[jenkinbr]

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As a temperary fix, I have purchased a USB audio dongle via walmart Site to Store (I go to walmart a lot, so that was a conveniant drop point. Cost me $30 (I know there are cheaper, but most of them didn't have very good reviews (I looked everything up on NewEgg as well)), took three days to get to the store (according to the estemated arrival date, I should be waiting till next monday), and is PLUG & PLAY with Ubuntu! The sound quality is pretty good as well, even on my USB 1.1 hardware.

I've not given up on my onboard audio, but as I do audio editing as a hobby, it has been a pain without sound on my machine.

[RgnKjnVA]

Could you save others some time and list the brand/model of that audio dongle since you did some homework on it? Is it a full-sized dongle or a mini dongle of the stick-it-and-forget-it variety? Would be helpful if it was for laptop users.

PS good idea using signature as a running ad for your pressing Ubuntu issues. You never know when someone with a nugget of info will see it in an unrelated thread and lend a hand.

[psyke83]

hi there all - hope someone here can help... my audio on my laptop has gone completly - all i get is some crackling noise. that's true for both ALSA and Pulse audio but sound works if i choose OSS...


Have you checked the PCM volume? When the mixer is muted or set to 0 (which can happen due to a bug causing a volume reset), there are audible crackles that emanate from the speakers. It's noted at the top of the guide.

The GNOME Volume Control applet may only open the PulseAudio mixer; you want to select real ALSA mixer that has all the mixer elements.

Alternatively:
$ alsamixer -Dhw

[psyke83]

Hi and thanks Psyke83 for this easy to follow tutorial. Worked beautifully on my laptop.

---
EDIT

The sound is nicer after enabling system-wide equalizer and playing with the frequency volumes. BUT, after discovering that Mplayer can no longer initiate sound through PulseAudio, I have just realised that PulseAudio is not working properly anymore. I am greeted with the error message "Connection failed. Connection refused" on trying to open the volume control. Trying to start the daemon manually with 'pulseaudio & pavucontrol' fails.

I don't get it. There is no question that the equaliser settings have been taken into effect, as the difference now compared to before this tutorial is like night and day. How can this be the case if PulseAudio isn't working?

My goal here is to get MPLayer back up and running; and, if possible, retain the beautiful sound that I now get while PulseAudio is in a state of error. Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer assistance.

Your ~/.asoundrc seems to be the cause of the problem - these lines indicate that an unexpected character was found in the file:

ALSA lib conf.c:1589:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:27:30:Unexpected char
ALSA lib conf.c:2850:(snd_config_hook_load) /home/drmatt/.asoundrc may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it

Check the file, and re-create it again (with assistance from the guide) if necessary.

P.S. In future, please wrap your logs in CODE tags (the # icon in the editor interface), or else your post will run too long.

[psyke83]

Hi
I have an MSI EX310, where this HOWTO does not work at all........
Just for anyone else that needs/wants to try.
The reason for starting to play with it was to setup Skype, where this HOWTO worked on my other laptop. Sound out worked fine prior to the HOWTO, however recording did not work at all. x. When I ran the setup, Sound ended up to be a scratchy sound only.
After realizing this did not work I tried the following link
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio which did not make a big difference.
Not being successful I used the System/Preferences/Sound and set all to use HDA ATI SB ALC888 (OSS) and the sound returned. I assume that this bypasses Pulse Audio.......
Skype is still not happy with the settings, and works intermittently with sound out. No recording possible.
If anyone has got it working on an MSI EX310 I would be happy if the settings could be posted.
When using Pulse I get the ERROR as in the attached picture.
When checking with pulseaudio -vv I get a number of lost connections between pulse main and sub programs.

:D

I assume you didn't read this guide, then? There are specific instructions to get Skype working, but they require a fully working PulseAudio setup.

Yes, setting the options to OSS effectively bypasses PulseAudio. This will break software mixing on your system.

P.S. The wiki entry for PulseAudio contains outdated information - half of the stuff written is unnecessary.

[psyke83]

bump

I'm not convinced that you checked the right mixer. You need to check the real ALSA mixer device, not the virtual PulseAudio device which is usually the default in the GNOME Volume Control applet.

Try:
$ alsamixer -Dhw

[psyke83]

OK, I now have my system back up and running (did a reinstall) and the sound is a system-wide issue - sound doesn't even play at the gdm login screen.

PulseAudio is not active during the GDM startup sound. This means that something is wrong with your ALSA configuration, which also means that no amount of fiddling with PulseAudio will solve your issue. PulseAudio is an ALSA client and depends on ALSA functioning properly.

It could be something quite simple such as a muted PCM mixer. Check the ALSA mixer device and the PulseAudio mixer device via the GNOME Volume Control.

[ZGruk]

I'm not convinced that you checked the right mixer. You need to check the real ALSA mixer device, not the virtual PulseAudio device which is usually the default in the GNOME Volume Control applet.

Try:
$ alsamixer -Dhw

No, its definitely not muted. I checked both mixers (ALSA and virtual PulseAudio) and they're both at 100%.

I'm attaching a screenshot of alsamixer -Dhw and alsamixer

[jenkinbr]

Could you save others some time and list the brand/model of that audio dongle since you did some homework on it? Is it a full-sized dongle or a mini dongle of the stick-it-and-forget-it variety? Would be helpful if it was for laptop users.

PS good idea using signature as a running ad for your pressing Ubuntu issues. You never know when someone with a nugget of info will see it in an unrelated thread and lend a hand.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7466476&postcount=8

[Dakiraun]

Hi gang. I finally got Linux working without graphics issues on a Presario R3000 laptop, but, I got sound issues that weren't there with older releases. I'm running Jaunty. Here are the results of diagnostics:

First, playback hardware info:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: nForce3 [NVidia nForce3], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia nForce3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: nForce3 [NVidia nForce3], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia nForce3 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

And then a verbose dump of trying to start up pulseaudio:
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is 3f400e7472758ba35554c3d34a33a83a.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/aaronm/.pulse/3f400e7472758ba35554c3d34a33a83a:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/aaronm/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/aaronm/.pulse/3f400e7472758ba35554c3d34a33a83a:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/aaronm/.pulse/3f400e7472758ba35554c3d34a33a83a:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_2
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_als a_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Master" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume.
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "PCM".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 48000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 48000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1920 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 63.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -34.50 dB to 60.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'NVidia nForce3' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 48000
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3840
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 2013265920
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 2013265920
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 85% 1: 85%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 87% 1: 87%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 97% 1: 97%
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_als a_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_al sa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for source alsa_input.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 .
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source alsa_input.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 .
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 48000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1920 bytes, buffer time is 80.00ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 15.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0.00 dB to 22.50 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'NVidia nForce3' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 48000
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3840
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 480
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 2013265920
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 2013265920
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-alsa-source.c: Requested volume: 0: 62% 1: 62%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Got hardware volume: 0: 62% 1: 62%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Calculated software volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_al sa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #6; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default sink 'alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playbac k_0'.
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_ 0'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_playback _0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_10de_da_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...


Running the tests, I can see apps trying to play through the Pulseaudio Volume control system, but don't hear anything. No sound works in any app. Am I missing something obvious?

[RgnKjnVA]

Dakiraun, an odd coincidence, today I got home from work, fired up my laptop and...no sound. I'm running Intrepid on my laptop though, not Jaunty. Sound was working yesterday when I shut it down. Like you, I could see audio streams in PA Volume Control routed to the sound card yet no sound. I double-clicked the Gnome Volume Applet and noticed the PCM channel had been muted (?) I don't know what might have caused this but I'm glad I checked because I was about to go postal. If you haven't already, maybe take a look there.

[Dakiraun]

RgnKjnVA - no, I wish it were that simple for me - the PCM sliders were up and not muted.

I also should mention that I did try all of the suggestions on the first page of this thread with no luck.

[henztl]

Running the tests, I can see apps trying to play through the Pulseaudio Volume control system, but don't hear anything. No sound works in any app. Am I missing something obvious?

I experience a similar problem, having followed the Jaunty guide (my install being a 64bit upgrade from Hardy) I can now not even start pulseaudio, starting the pulseaudio manager under menu/sounds & video / pulseaudio manager shows;
n/a under all server information
no sinks or sources under the devices tab
nothing under clients, sinks or sample cash

trying to open pulseaudio manually, as suggested after the "Connection failed: Connection refused" error gives the following;

henry@Henry-XPS:~$ pulseaudio & pavucontrol
[1] 18647
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
/home/henry/.gtkrc-2.0:20: error: invalid string constant "#000000", expected valid string constant
E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or resource busy
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0"): initialization failed.
E: socket-server.c: bind(): Address already in use
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.

(pavucontrol:18648): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed

(pavucontrol:18648): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed
[1]+ Exit 1 pulseaudio
edit:
I just checked a number of programs and;
Flash works (sound and all)
Rhythmbox works fine
Skype no longer works
Spotify (wine) no longer works

edit 2:
I have reverted, however, I shall test the loging out and then back in again as cited for a fix for the "Connection failed: Connection refused" error.

[eudemonis]

I followed the instructions but I still have two problems:

With Skype (which is why I started looking into this in the first place) if I set the "sound in" to anything but "pulse" then I still get the "problem with Audio Capture" message; when I set "sound in" to "pulse" I can make calls but my mike doesn't seem to work.

Second, after executing all the instructions now I cannot lower or increase the volume using those buttons on my laptop...

any help with this?

[psyke83]

I followed the instructions but I still have two problems:

With Skype (which is why I started looking into this in the first place) if I set the "sound in" to anything but "pulse" then I still get the "problem with Audio Capture" message; when I set "sound in" to "pulse" I can make calls but my mike doesn't seem to work.

Second, after executing all the instructions now I cannot lower or increase the volume using those buttons on my laptop...

any help with this?

Recording through the "pulse" device is buggy for most users, which is why you should choose the direct device. Are you certain you chose the correct ALSA device for your microphone as the "Sound In" source?

As for your laptop sound hotkeys, you can fix that by ensuring the correct mixer device is defined in System/Preferences/Sound.

[eudemonis]

woow I finally have well configured and functioning skype without turning off pulse! Actually what did it was the correct mixer device setting (it fixed both skype and hotkeys)... before in the "default mixer track" window I had only "digital" selected... then I selected all of the options (as u suggested to fix the hotkey issue) and now skype works with my mike!!! So, for "sound in" i have HD EVidia (which I think is my mike or my graphic card); "sound out" pulse; "rinding" pulse. Now I can make skype calls nice and clear!!!!

Thanks a lot psyke83!!! Great post! From now on I'll be referring people to it.

Recording through the "pulse" device is buggy for most users, which is why you shou