[pulseaudio-discuss] Unable to make pulseaudio work on a Slackware based distribution (Kongoni)

[Robert Gabriel]

No, the sound works in the VM. Works perfectly in VirtualBox when
using just alsa.
I also remove load-module alsa-sink and still the same.

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 15:16, Colin Guthrie <gmane at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> [ As a small aside, please do not use HTML emails on this list, and try
> to avoid top posting, and trim the quoted sections appropriately. Thanks ]
>
> 'Twas brillig, and Robert Gabriel at 09/12/10 12:13 did gyre and gimble:
> > PA version is 0.9.22, udev support is build, hal support not.
>
> That's cool. You should should probably not add the load-module lines
> you had then and just let the default udev-detect find your h/w for you.
>
> No need to mess with things if you don't have to :D
>
> > Also now Im not in front of the "test" system, so I can't know if it's
> > producing sound, but I get this:
> >
> > [kongoni at kongoni ~]$ pasuspender bash
> > [kongoni at kongoni ~]$ speaker-test -D hw:0 -c 2
> >
> > speaker-test 1.0.23
> >
> > Playback device is hw:0
> > Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
> > Using 16 octaves of pink noise
> > Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
> > Buffer size range from 8 to 16384
> > Period size range from 8 to 16384
> > Using max buffer size 16384
> > Periods = 4
> > was set period_size = 4096
> > was set buffer_size = 16384
> >  0 - Front Left
> >  1 - Front Right
> > Time per period = 5.444608
> >  0 - Front Left
> >  1 - Front Right
> > Time per period = 6.004962
> >  0 - Front Left
> >  1 - Front Right
>
> Well, that looks correct, but then so will PA output I presume. Without
> actually hearing anything, you cannot test, so please report back when
> you've been able to test things fully.
>
> When dealing with VMs you need to make sure the host operating system
> can actually output the sound from the VM and I suspect that's the
> problem in this case....
>
> If you don't do the pasuspender bit, but just do directly "speaker-test
> -c 2" then I suspect it'll work equally well (I'm assuming alsa's
> default device is pointing at the Alsa-Pulse plugin).
>
> The problem then is not PA not outputting sound, but rather the VM not
> outputting sound and the debug path is very, very different.
>
>
> > pacmd list:
> >
> >>>> [kongoni at kongoni ~]$ pacmd list
> > Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information.
> ...
> > name: <module-always-sink>
> > argument: <>
> > used: -1
> > load once: yes
> > properties:
> > module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
> > module.description = "Always keeps at least one sink loaded even if it's
> > a null one"
> > module.version = "0.9.22"
> >
> > Can't paste everything... too big :)
>
> Sadly, there is little value if you cannot paste everything. Please
> either attach it or make it available via a URL or pastebin.
>
> Thanks
>
> Col
>
>
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