[pulseaudio-discuss] Start condition failed - ConditionUser=!root not met

[Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)]

Hi.

I've made a note on the blog post you cited, saying that 
`ConditionUser=!root` should not be added.

The point of the system service *is* after all to be started by root.

On 11/10/2021 21.41, Joel Miller wrote:
> OS: openSuSE Leap 15.3; KDE plasma desktop
>
> To enable a system instance of pulseaudio, I made the following file 
> modifications suggested on the freedesktop.org 
> (https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/SystemWide/) 
> and rudd-o websites 
> (https://rudd-o.com/linux-and-free-software/how-to-make-pulseaudio-run-once-at-boot-for-all-your-users):
>
> Per freedesktop.org:
>     set autospawn = no in /etc/pulse/client.conf
>     added "root" and "jm" to pulse-access
>
> Per rudd-o:
>     in /etc/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service, modified text for 
> [service] and [Install] (see rudd-o)
>     used systemctl to enable, start, and check the status of pulseaudio
>
> The status request yields the following:
>
> linux-6:/etc/systemd/system # systemctl --system status 
> pulseaudio.service
> ● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
>      Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service; enabled; 
> vendor preset: disabled)
>      Active: inactive (dead)
> TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket
>   Condition: start condition failed at Wed 2021-10-06 12:16:38 EDT; 4s 
> ago
>              └─ ConditionUser=!root was not met
>
> * * *
>
> Your suggestions and advice are welcome.
>
> Joel
> 973 736 8306


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