Hi , I am trying to run pulseaudio on my ubuntu machine using the pulseaudio source code. It was successfully compiled using the following command : ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-alsa --enable-glib --enable-gtk --enable-avahi --enable-gconf --enable-bluez --enable-openssl Output : ************************************************************************************************************** prefix: /usr sysconfdir: ${prefix}/etc localstatedir: ${prefix}/var System Runtime Path: ${prefix}/var/run/pulse System State Path: ${prefix}/var/lib/pulse System Config Path: ${prefix}/var/lib/pulse Compiler: gcc -std=gnu99 CFLAGS: -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Winline -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option Have X11: no Enable OSS Output: yes Enable OSS Wrapper: yes Enable Alsa: yes Enable Solaris: no Enable GLib 2.0: yes Enable Gtk+ 2.0: yes Enable GConf: yes Enable Avahi: yes Enable Jack: no Enable Async DNS: no Enable LIRC: no Enable HAL: no Enable udev: no Enable HAL->udev compat: no Enable BlueZ: yes Enable TCP Wrappers: no Enable libsamplerate: no Enable IPv6: yes Enable OpenSSL (for Airtunes): yes Enable tdb: no Enable gdbm: no Enable simple database: yes System User: pulse System Group: pulse Access Group: pulse-access Enable per-user EsounD socket: yes Force preopen: no Preopened modules: all ************************************************************************************************************** make & make install also were successful without errors. After that I run PulseAudio using the following command : /usr/bin/pulseaudio -vv Output: 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: core-rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us. D: core-util.c: RealtimeKit worked. I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11. I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.21-63-gd3efa-dirty D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Winline -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 D: main.c: Found 2 CPUs. 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: Running in VM: no D: main.c: Optimized build: yes D: main.c: All asserts enabled. I: main.c: Machine ID is tmpb46. I: main.c: Session ID is b5bfdf9e1262010fe9fed0694bd54a5f-1289284879.133146-704214938. I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/shrinivas/.pulse/tmpb46-runtime. I: main.c: Using state directory /home/shrinivas/.pulse. I: main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules. I: main.c: Running in system mode: no W: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit! I: cpu-x86.c: CPU flags: CMOV MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 I: svolume_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized functions. I: remap_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized remappers. I: svolume_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized functions. I: remap_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized remappers. I: sconv_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized conversions. 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: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/shrinivas/.pulse/tmpb46-device-volumes.tdb' I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/shrinivas/.pulse/tmpb46-device-volumes'. I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #0; argument: ""). D: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/shrinivas/.pulse/tmpb46-stream-volumes.tdb' I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/shrinivas/.pulse/tmpb46-stream-volumes'. I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #1; argument: ""). D: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/shrinivas/.pulse/tmpb46-card-database.tdb' I: module-card-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/shrinivas/.pulse/tmpb46-card-database'. I: module.c: Loaded "module-card-restore" (index: #2; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-augment-properties" (index: #3; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-udev-detect.so': success D: module-udev-detect.c: /dev/snd/controlC0 is accessible: yes D: module-udev-detect.c: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0 is busy: yes I: module-udev-detect.c: Found 1 cards. I: module.c: Loaded "module-udev-detect" (index: #4; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-bluetooth-discover.so': success D: dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus system bus f0c863a8ddcb6eae25718e494cd8ecf9 as :1.125 D: bluetooth-util.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired D: bluetooth-util.c: Bluetooth daemon is apparently not available. I: module.c: Loaded "module-bluetooth-discover" (index: #5; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/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: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-gconf.so': success I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (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: Saved default source 'auto_null.monitor' not existant, not restoring default source setting. I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10; argument: ""). D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloading null-sink as no other sinks detected. I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "auto_null" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right I: sink.c: device.description = "Dummy Output" I: sink.c: device.class = "abstract" I: sink.c: device.icon_name = "audio-card" D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event. I: source.c: Created source 0 "auto_null.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right I: source.c: device.description = "Monitor of Dummy Output" I: source.c: device.class = "monitor" I: source.c: device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone" D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #11; argument: "sink_name=auto_null sink_properties='device.description="Dummy Output"'"). I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #12; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-intended-roles" (index: #13; argument: ""). D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle, timeout in 5 seconds. I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (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: ""). D: dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus session bus efaddbad81d4fb7c7a982bcb4cd8ed0f as :1.384 D: main.c: Got org.pulseaudio.Server! I: main.c: Daemon startup complete. D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event. I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ... D: sink.c: Suspend cause of sink auto_null is 0x0004, suspending ************************************************************************************************************** But gst-launch pactl list are returning connection refused. Any help please. Thanks Shrinivas Tekale