[pulseaudio-discuss] Pusleaudio in --system mode and module-loopback

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Tanu Kaskinen at 14/09/11 17:06 did gyre and gimble:
> On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 20:44 +0530, Vinod wrote:
>> I have started the pulseaudio in --system mode and trying to use
>> module-loopback for bluetooth A2DP.
>> but pacmd doesnt work in system mode and hence I am not able to get
>> the bluetooth source.
>>
>> I have 2 questions,
>> 1. Is there any way to find the bluetooth source when pulseaudio is
>> running in --system mode.
>> 2. Can I use module-loopback for A2DP when pulseaudio is in --system mode,
>>
>> When I started the pulseaudio in session mode I got the bluetooth
>> source using pacmd utility.
>> I want same when I am in system mode.
> 
> Instead of pacmd, you can use pactl. "pactl list" will dump a lot of
> information, and device names will be included in that.
> 
> If you're using module-bluetooth-discover, then you'll also need to
> enable module loading for bluetooth to work (module loading is disabled
> by default in the system mode for security reasons). That's also needed
> for loading module-loopback at runtime. The configuration option is
> "allow-module-loading" in daemon.conf.

In addition you need to do some stuff to enable bluetooth support in
system mode, see http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/898#comment:9

Col



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