[pulseaudio-discuss] pavucontrol -- server selection?

[Paul Fox]

matthew wrote:
 > I believe you can just specify the environment variables and then run 
 > the app. So try this:
 > 
 > export PULSE_SERVER=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
 > 
 > Another variable option is PULSE_SINK. I forget where I found this 
 > little tidbit, but it works for me!
 > 
 > Matt
 > 

well, i was about to point out that i'd already tried PULSE_SERVER,
but i tried it again, and now it works.  dammit.  :-)

i have no idea why it didn't work before.  i found the command in
my shell history to re-run it, so it wasn't a typo.  i've used pulse
to listen to some music in the meantime, but i'd be surprised if that
affected how pavucontrol works.  :-/

well....  wait.  it now works remotely, but not locally.

okay.  i'm confused.

paul

 > 
 > 
 > Paul Fox wrote:
 > > can pavucontrol be used to control the volume or streams of a
 > > remote server?  if so, how does one specify the server?  there's
 > > no usage message, and PULSE_SERVER doesn't seem to be honored.
 > >
 > > so, assuming it must be local, i still can't get it to work.  when
 > > i run it on the same machine as the server,  i get a "Connection
 > > failed:  invalid server" error.
 > >
 > > any ideas?  (i'm on ubuntu, so the version is 0.9.6)
 > >
 > > paul
 > > p.s.  is there more documentation planned for the pulseaudio
 > > utilities and commands?  honestly, a statement (quoting from
 > > the website) like "There is not much to say.  Just run
 > > pavucontrol and see for yourself." is kind of insulting to a
 > > user looking for help -- why have a documentation link at all? 
 > > even a usage message in the program saying "there are no options"
 > > would be more useful.
 > >
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