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

[Lennart Poettering]

On Tue, 20.11.07 19:39, Jon Smirl (jonsmirl at gmail.com) wrote:

> 
> 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?

Hmm. You are right. This is probably your problem. If the memory block
cannot be important it is not processed, and thus you get silence.

Lennart

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