[pulseaudio-discuss] pstream.c: Failed to import memory block.

[Lennart Poettering]

On Tue, 20.11.07 12:57, Jon Smirl (jonsmirl at gmail.com) wrote:

> 
> On 11/20/07, Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 07.11.07 15:49, Jon Smirl (jonsmirl at gmail.com) wrote:
> >
> > > My logs are full of these using 0.9.6 on Ubuntu.
> >
> > > Nov  6 18:25:17 terra pulseaudio[6651]: pstream.c: Failed to import
> > > memory block.
> >
> > This looks like a permission problem in /dev/shm. Does the PA daemon
> > run as different user than the client?
> 
> jonsmirl at terra:/dev$ ls -ld /dev/shm
> drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 2007-11-20 12:44 /dev/shm
> jonsmirl at terra:/dev$ mount | grep shm
> devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
> jonsmirl at terra:/dev$

What are the access modes of the pulse files in /dev/shm?

> I'm uninstalled pulse again. I am having a recurring problem with the
> volume range on Intel HDA.
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
> Controller (rev 02)
> 
> Kernel is git head.
>
> I have to turn the volume up to 100% in pulse, my apps and my speakers
> to be able to hear anything. If I remove pulse my volume is ok.

Sounds like a problem with ALSA softvol. Right now ALSA offers no way
to detect if a volume control track is real or just emulated. We're
waiting for some ALSA changes before I can fix this.

> That was with pulse 0.9.6-1ubuntu2
> 
> >
> > Also, please upgrade to 0.9.7.
> 
> Is there a repo with Gutsy packages?

Dunno, ask the Ubuntu people.

Lennart

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