[pulseaudio-discuss] main.c: daemon startup failed.

[Sean McNamara]

Ben,

Please try the below replacement of /etc/pulse/default.pa. Make sure to
back-up your existing default.pa before proceeding.

The main change of note is that I've removed the HAL detection and
inserted static configuration for your soundcard. See the lines for
load-module module-alsa-sink, and
load-module module-null-source,
for more details about that. Also, I went ahead and deleted some modules
which were probably commented out in your file anyway.

Best Regards,

Sean


#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.

.nofail

### Load something into the sample cache
#load-sample-lazy x11-bell /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/activate.wav
load-sample-lazy pulse-hotplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav
#load-sample-lazy pulse-coldplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav
#load-sample-lazy pulse-access /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav

.fail

### Load audio drivers statically
#This is your ALSA output which seems to work... plug will convert the
sound to big endian
load-module module-alsa-sink device=plug:hw:0 sink_name=output
#This will NOT give you sound input, but it will satisfy PA's want for a
default source
load-module module-null-source source_name=input

#.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
.nofail
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix auth-anonymous=1
.fail
#.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-group=pulse-access

#The below lines would allow only localhost to connect to PA through TCP
#load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.0/8
#load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.0/8

#The below lines allow anyone (who can get through your firewall) to
connect to PA through TCP
#These aren't commented out because you mentioned network access in your
posts, Ben
load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-anonymous=1
load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp auth-anonymous=1

load-module module-zeroconf-publish

### Load the RTP reciever module (also configured via paprefs, see
above)
#load-module module-rtp-recv

### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2
rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink"
#load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor

### Automatically restore the volume of playback streams
load-module module-volume-restore

### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the
user during runtime
load-module module-default-device-restore

### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
### connected to dies, similar for sources
load-module module-rescue-streams

### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
#load-module module-suspend-on-idle

### Set the created sink and source as default
set-default-sink output
set-default-source input


On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 12:25 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:

> Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> writes:
> 
> > Sean McNamara <smcnam at gmail.com> writes:
> > 
> > > You should probably comment out module-x11-publish from
> > > /etc/pulse/default.pa. It's not as useful as it sounds, and
> > > depending on the circumstances, that X error alone could be causing
> > > the server to shut down.
> > 
> > Okay. Am I right in thinking that I will still get a functioning
> > PulseAudio client-server session in the absence of an X11 connection?
> 
> The answer to this is yes. With the 'load-module module-x11-publish'
> commented out, the PulseAudio server now starts:
> 
> =====
> $ sudo /usr/bin/pulseaudio -vvvv --daemonize=false
> I: main.c: Found user 'pulse' (UID 112) and group 'pulse' (GID 113).
> I: main.c: Successfully dropped root privileges.
> W: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
> 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: Page size is 4096 bytes
> I: main.c: Dude, your kernel stinks! The chef's recommendation today is Linux with high-resolution timers enabled!
> 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
> I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability oss
> I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 0 modules.
> I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #0; argument: "").
> I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #1; argument: "socket="/tmp/.esd/socket"").
> I: protocol-native.c: Allowing access to group 'pulse-access'.
> I: protocol-native.c: loading cookie from disk.
> I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #2; argument: "").
> I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-tcp" (index: #3; argument: "").
> I: protocol-native.c: Allowing access to group 'pulse-access'.
> I: protocol-native.c: using already loaded auth cookie.
> I: protocol-native.c: Allowing access to group 'pulse-access'.
> I: protocol-native.c: using already loaded auth cookie.
> I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-tcp" (index: #4; argument: "").
> D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Publishing services in Zeroconf
> I: module.c: Loaded "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #5; argument: "").
> I: module-volume-restore.c: starting with empty ruleset.
> I: module.c: Loaded "module-volume-restore" (index: #6; argument: "").
> I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #7; argument: "").
> I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #8; argument: "").
> 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-gconf.so': failure
> I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
> D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
> I: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Successfully established main service.
> =====
> 
> When I stop this, and 'sudo invoke-rc.d pulseaudio start', that
> process succeeds also. A client in a user session is then able to
> connect to the server across TCP/IP.
> 
> 
> Thanks for helping me get this far.
> 
> Could I suggest that the 'daemon startup failed' message be changed,
> to at least include the proximate *reason* why the startup failed.
> 
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