Jan 28 22:01:16 myhostname pulseaudio: main.c: Daemon startup failed. Jan 28 22:01:16 myhostname pulseaudio: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. Don't do that.)Īnother thing I tried: $ pulseaudio -start -verboseĮ: main.c: Daemon startup failed.īut there is something interesting going on: /var/log/syslog is being filled with more and more of the following: Jan 28 22:01:16 myhostname pulseaudio: cli-command.c: stat('/usr/share/pulseaudio/default.pa'): No such file or directory XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (/run/user/1000) is not owned by us (uid 0), but by uid 1000! (This could e g happen if you try to connect to a non-root PulseAudio as a root user, over the native protocol. Pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refusedĪnd if I try that as root, I get: # start-pulseaudio-x11 So, I tried restarting the service, and here's what I got: $ start-pulseaudio-x11 Usbcore 253952 8 uvcvideo,usbhid,snd_usb_audio,usb_storage,xhci_pci,snd_usbmidi_lib,uas,xhci_hcd Snd 86016 14 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm Snd_pcm 110592 5 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_core,snd_hda_codec_hdmi Yes - that chown -R is very reckless and unlikely to be.
Snd_hwdep 16384 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio It might be because either your pulseaudio driver is broken and/or has permissions set to root. Snd_hda_core 86016 5 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek Snd_hda_codec 135168 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek Snd_hda_codec_generic 69632 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek Here are the kernel modules with snd in their name: nd_hda_codec_hdmi 49152 2 Anyway, there is no process with pulse in its name, nor a kernel module. So, I don't know if autospawn is configured, but in /etc/pulse/nf it says: autospawn = yesĪnd nf it doesn't mention autospawning. If this is the case, then PulseAudio should autospawn again, or if this is not configured you should run start-pulseaudio-x11 manually. This situation can also arise if pulseaudio crashed etc.
However, if I try to run pavucontrol to make some settings - which usually works - it tells me: Audio seems to be work, or at least - playback is working, in my browsers and media players. I'm using Devuan ASCII (~= Debian Stretch).