On 10-03-22 13:15:25, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 22/03/10 12:48, Tony Nelson wrote: > > On 10-03-22 10:01:05, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > >> How can I restart pulseaudio after killing it? > >> > >> I can't find anything like "service pulseaudio > >> restart/status/whatever." Must I reboot F-12? > >> > >> Bob Goodwin > >> > > It will start on its own. When PA would become unresponsive, I'd > > `pactl exit` and then, as I have the Terminal Bell enabled, press > > the Backspace key to get a beep. > > Ok, thanks for that. > > But I still don't see an option there to restart using pactl. Well, it starts on demand, so I would "demand" a bell by pressing Backspace. > "pactl stat" provides the same information if it is running or > not. Perhaps it really was running, but you migh find out with a chain of commands: $ pactl exit ; pactl stat ; ps -ef | grep pulse If the last doesn't find pulse but stat seems to, then there is still a mystery. > But as you say it does come back up in a few seconds. However it > leaves Master level muted and set to minimum. I can deal with > that > but no doubt it has caused me some confusion earlier. That, at least, did not happen here. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines