On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 05:08:39AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Tom Horsley wrote: > >On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:56:25 -0500 > >"David A. De Graaf" <dad@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>5 - The http://www.pulseaudio.org/ web page is a paean to the wonders of > >>this new system, but has precious little instruction on how to > >>actually make it work. > > > >My impression exactly. I even figured out I probably needed > >a daemon running, so I tried to find out the name of the program > >to run or what arguments to give it. The information may be on > >the pulseaudio web site somewhere, but it is hidden under > >the enormous pile of self promotion :-). > > It took just a minute. > > http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup > > Rahul It took me several minutes to study those instructions, test them, and prove that they don't work (for me). It says to edit /etc/asound.conf: [dad@datbird etc]$ diff asound.confSTD asound.conf 8a9,23 > > # pcm.pulse { > # type pulse > # } > > # ctl.pulse { > # type pulse > # } > > pcm.!default { > type pulse > } > ctl.!default { > type pulse > } and to edit /etc/pulse/default.pa: [dad@datbird pulse]$ diff STDdefault.pa default.pa 38a39,41 > load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0 > load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:0 > 57a61,64 > load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp > auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1;192.168.0.0/16 > load-module module-native-protocol-tcp > auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1;192.168.0.0/16 > load-module module-zeroconf-publish > So, with those changes in place, I tried to start the daemon: [dad@datbird pulse]$ pulseaudio --log-level=debug I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit! ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1207:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card E: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: No such device E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=hw:0"): initialization failed. E: main.c: Module load failed. E: main.c: failed to initialize daemon. I: main.c: Daemon terminated. Once again startup fails because there is no "PCM device hw:0:". I'm baffled and bewildered. -- David A. De Graaf DATIX, Inc. Hendersonville, NC dad@xxxxxxxx www.datix.us
