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

[Burkhard Stubert]

I found the problem with pacmd. Stupid me! I called the system one and not
the one I built.

Nevertheless, I am interested in the debugging magic.

Burkhard

2010/1/2 Burkhard Stubert <burkhard.stubert at googlemail.com>

> 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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