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

[Jon Smirl]

On 11/20/07, Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 20.11.07 16:44, Jon Smirl (jonsmirl at gmail.com) wrote:
>
> > > > Am I supposed to start it with my Gnome session instead?
> > >
> > > Yes, PA is normally started as a drop-in replacement for esd. I.e. it
> > > provides a compatibility script called "esd" that actually starts
> > > PA. All you have to do is to toggle the "Start ESD" checkbox in g-s-p.
> >
> > This wasn't obvious. I was looking to enable Pulse.
> >
> > Now for the really good news. Running it as a session fixed my volume
> > problem. Does this point to where the bug may be in system mode?
>
> Hmm, it's certainly interesting, but I don't have any idea, sorry.

The "pstream.c: Failed to import memory block" error and shm problems
don't have any way to influence the volume? Could the shm problem be
blocking a stream with adjusted volumes from making it through the
system?

>
> > > > What to do is not exactly obvious when installing the package.
> > >
> > > But afaik the file in /etc/default/ tells you that using the
> > > system-wide stuff is not recommended and not what most people would
> > > want to use.
> >
> > But it failed to mention the recommended alternative.
>
> Please complain to the Ubuntu people, file a bug on that
> Launchpad thing.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/164226

>
> Lennart
>
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