[pulseaudio-discuss] PA Startup problem on Acer Aspire One

[Lennart Poettering]

On Wed, 03.06.09 18:17, Mark Greenwood (fatgerman at ntlworld.com) wrote:

> > Even if pulse suspends itself, it should be able to unsuspend OK unless 
> > something has snuck in and grabbed the device.
> > 
> > When it's in this locked state, the output of "pacmd list-sinks" will 
> > confirm if it's in the suspended state and you should be able to issue a
> 
> It does, and it is suspended.
>  
> > "pacmd suspend-sink 0 false" to unsuspend sink with index 0. If it is 
> > locked into a suspend state, this should try and unsuspend it.
> 
> 'pacmd suspend-sink 0 false' gives
> Failed to parse suspend switch
> and the output is still suspended

this should work. it might be a bit simpler to simply issue "suspend
0" in pacmd, which suspend/resumes *all* cards instead of just one.

> But starting something playing and listing sinks shows the state
> RUNNING.

Then PA after all did resume the device. Do you hear anything then?

> > You can also try hitting the mute button twice in pavucontrol to see if 
> > it is another occurrence of the infamous "undetected mute on startup bug."
> 
> Aha! That got it. After that the state went to IDLE and now I can
> hear audio. While audio is playing it goes to RUNNING and then back
> to IDLE, then back to SUSPENDED when I close pavucontrol.
> 
> So looks like this is the cause. Can I help with debugging?

Dunno if I understand the issue. Are you saying the mute status simply
got stuck in some way?

Lennart

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