[pulseaudio-discuss] Problem with installing v0.9.21 of pulseaudio

[Burkhard Stubert]

Hi Colin

2010/1/2 Colin Guthrie <gmane at colin.guthr.ie>

> 'Twas brillig, and Burkhard Stubert at 02/01/10 14:50 did gyre and gimble:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I have built PA v0.9.21 and installed it in /usr/local/PulseAudio. I
> > have changed my configuration files as follows.
> >
> > ~/.pulse/client.conf:
> > daemon-binary = /usr/local/PulseAudio/bin/pulseaudio
> > extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog
> >
> > /usr/bin/pulse-session:
>
> The above file is not one we provide, so is presumably something your
> distro is doing. I'm not aware of how this works so cannot provide any
> help here. I'd advise you to ask via your distro's PA maintainer.
>
> > If I now run /pacmd "list-modules"/, I get the message:
> > No Pulseaudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
> >
> > What is wrong in my setup? How do I have to configure things to run the
> > pulseaudio instance I have compiled myself?
>
> pacmd is probably linking to your system's libpulse* libraries.
>
> Maybe export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/PulseAudio/lib will solve the
> problem?
>

Nope, pacmd is linked against the libraries in /usr/local/PulseAudio/lib -
as ldd revealed.


> Note also that for debugging (which is presumably what you are doing)
> that pulseaudio has some small black magic that allows it to be run from
> the source/build tree without installing. This may be a simpler way for
> quick tests and building a test package in your distros chosen format
> (rpm or deb etc) may be a better approach for a longer term test?
>

Yes, I am indeed debugging. I want to make my Linux box work as a Bluetooth
stereo headset. Could you please initiate me to the black magic for
debugging.

Thanks,
Burkhard
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