[pulseaudio-discuss] Service File for running in system mode

[Florian Lindner]

Hey!

Am 05.10.2016 um 19:27 schrieb Felipe Sateler:
> On 5 October 2016 at 13:44, Florian Lindner <mailinglists at xgm.de> wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> thanks for your input!
>>
>> Am 04.10.2016 um 22:02 schrieb Felipe Sateler:
>>> On 4 October 2016 at 14:42, Florian Lindner <mailinglists at xgm.de> wrote:
>>>> Hey,
>>>>
>>>> ok, my working configuration on Arch with pulseaudio 9.0.
>>>>
>>>> The unit file:
>>>>
>>>> # /etc/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service
>>>> [Unit]
>>>> Description=PulseAudio system server
>>>> After=dbus.socket
>>>
>>> This is redundant, as services by default have an implicit
>>> After=sockets.target (via basic.target).
>>>
>>>> Wants=dbus.socket
>>>
>>> This is also questionable, as strictly speaking the dbus socket is not
>>> needed by pulseaudio. If the system has dbus disabled, pulseaudio
>>> should not pull it in.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> [Service]
>>>> Type=notify
>>>> ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --system --realtime
>>>> --disallow-module-loading --disallow-exit --log-target=journal
>>>>
>>>> [Install]
>>>> WantedBy=sound.target
>>
>> Ok, I have removed Wants and After.
>>
>>> I think it may be a good idea to also enable the socket activation
>>> (like the user units do).
>>
>> Ok, so you mean adding a .socket file to that. I will try this later...
> 
> Please also add a Requires=pulseaudio.socket to the service file so
> that it is always started (see the current user unit in git master)

I will, as soon as I add the socket file. I'm not really sure, isn't
that either the socket or the service file should be enabled, not both?

>>
>> Do you have any idea what could be the problem with having the default
>> sink muted always? (see my other mail in this thread).
> 
> This is a shot in the dark, but you may be racing with alsa-restore or
> alsa-state. Maybe you should add `After=alsa-state.service
> alsa-restore.service`? (On second thought, this sounds like a good idea anyway)

Mhh, I don't have any service files like alsa*.

Could it be because the $HOME of user pulse is /var/run/pulse which is
emptied at each boot? I don't really think so, so only files there are a
"native" socket file and "pid".

In /var/lib/pulse/ are the state files:

0a95f82340cb4818a15b1fabc2ca2001-card-database.tdb
0a95f82340cb4818a15b1fabc2ca2001-default-sink
0a95f82340cb4818a15b1fabc2ca2001-default-source
0a95f82340cb4818a15b1fabc2ca2001-device-volumes.tdb
0a95f82340cb4818a15b1fabc2ca2001-stream-volumes.tdb


Any more ideas?

Thanks,
Florian