> > Reik Red wrote: > Why would the command > > /etc/init.d/pulseaudio start > > work, whereas the command > > service pulseaudio start > > produces an X11 error "XOpenDisplay() failed" as seen below? > > I'm baffled. Granted, I hacked /etc/init.d/pulseaudio myself, but > how could it produce such different results? > > Reik > > PS: the reason I want to have pulseaudio as a service is that I don't > use gnome or kde, and hence have no simple way of starting pulseaudio > automatically when a session starts. > > ============================== > (root) 111 > /etc/init.d/pulseaudio start > Starting PulseAudio Daemon: pulseaudio. > > (root) 112 > W: main.c: Warning: home directory of user 'pulse' is not '/var/run/pulse', ignoring. > W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted > W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted > ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0 > ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0 > > (root) 112 > /etc/init.d/pulseaudio stop > Stopping PulseAudio Daemon: pulseaudio. > > (root) 113 > service pulseaudio start > Starting PulseAudio Daemon: pulseaudio. > > (root) 114 > W: main.c: Warning: home directory of user 'pulse' is not '/var/run/pulse', ignoring. > W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted > W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted > ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0 > ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0 > NOTE: HERE IS THE NEW ERROR > E: x11wrap.c: XOpenDisplay() failed > E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-publish" (argument: ""): initialization failed. > E: main.c: Module load failed. > E: main.c: failed to initialize daemon. > ============================== Reik, What does your /etc/init.d/pulseaudio script look like? I am trying to set up a headless jukebox, so I too don't want to rely upon gnome / kde to start up pulseaudio. -Elvenhack -- This is an email sent via The Fedora Community Portal https://fcp.surfsite.org https://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=236606&topic_id=50519&forum=10#forumpost236606 If you think, this is spam, please report this to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and/or blame formdefault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx