Audio/sound erratic-- works at times then no sound

[dolphin_oracle]

rich (or anyone else with this problem).

I would like you to try something if you are game.

1. make a backup copy of /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop into some other folder (like /home/user) and then delete /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop

2. edit as root /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop and comment out the NotShowIn=KDE . save the file.

reboot and see if you can crash pulseaudio.


NOTE: make sure you do things so has to be able to revert changes if necessary.

[richb]

rich (or anyone else with this problem).

I would like you to try something if you are game.

1. make a backup copy of /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop into some other folder (like /home/user) and then delete /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop

2. edit as root /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop and comment out the NotShowIn=KDE . save the file.

reboot and see if you can crash pulseaudio.


NOTE: make sure you do things so has to be able to revert changes if necessary.

Not sure if my doing that would be much help as the crashes are so infrequent and I cannot induce them.

[dolphin_oracle]

rich (or anyone else with this problem).

I would like you to try something if you are game.

1. make a backup copy of /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop into some other folder (like /home/user) and then delete /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop

2. edit as root /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop and comment out the NotShowIn=KDE . save the file.

reboot and see if you can crash pulseaudio.


NOTE: make sure you do things so has to be able to revert changes if necessary.

Not sure if my doing that would be much help as the crashes are so infrequent.

fair enough.

in pulseaudio 5.99, they removed start-pulseaudio-kde. So I'm thinking its not necessary in plasma 5.

if this is true, then leaving pulse-start enabled in KDE would work same as XFCE.

[Stevo]

BTW, I have pulse audio start disabled.

Ok, working on an idea.

Steve, could you post your /etc/pulse/default.pa for pulseaudio 7.

Sure:

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#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started per-user
# (i.e. not in system mode)

.nofail

### Load something into the sample cache
#load-sample-lazy x11-bell /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/bell.oga
#load-sample-lazy pulse-hotplug /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/device-added.oga
#load-sample-lazy pulse-coldplug /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/device-added.oga
#load-sample-lazy pulse-access /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/message.oga

.fail

### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore

### Automatically augment property information from .desktop files
### stored in /usr/share/application
load-module module-augment-properties

### Should be after module-*-restore but before module-*-detect
load-module module-switch-on-port-available

### Load audio drivers statically
### (it's probably better to not load these drivers manually, but instead
### use module-udev-detect -- see below -- for doing this automatically)
#load-module module-alsa-sink
#load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
#load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-null-sink
#load-module module-pipe-sink

### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else
### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev support)
load-module module-detect
.endif

### Automatically connect sink and source if JACK server is present
.ifexists module-jackdbus-detect.so
.nofail
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
.fail
.endif

### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
.endif

.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
.endif

### Load several protocols
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix

### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
### here if you plan to use paprefs)
#load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-zeroconf-publish

### Load the RTP receiver module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-rtp-recv

### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 sink_properties="device.description='RTP Multicast Sink'"
#load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor

### Load additional modules from GConf settings. This can be configured with the paprefs tool.
### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might conflict with manually
### loaded modules.
.ifexists module-gconf.so
.nofail
load-module module-gconf
.fail
.endif

### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
### during runtime
### NOTE: This should be loaded as early as possible so that subsequent modules
### that look up the default sink/source get the right value
load-module module-default-device-restore

### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
### connected to dies, similar for sources
load-module module-rescue-streams

### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink.
load-module module-always-sink

### Honour intended role device property
load-module module-intended-roles

### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
load-module module-suspend-on-idle

### If autoexit on idle is enabled we want to make sure we only quit
### when no local session needs us anymore.
.ifexists module-console-kit.so
load-module module-console-kit
.endif
.ifexists module-systemd-login.so
load-module module-systemd-login
.endif

### Enable positioned event sounds
load-module module-position-event-sounds

### Cork music/video streams when a phone stream is active
load-module module-role-cork

### Modules to allow autoloading of filters (such as echo cancellation)
### on demand. module-filter-heuristics tries to determine what filters
### make sense, and module-filter-apply does the heavy-lifting of
### loading modules and rerouting streams.
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply

# X11 modules should not be started from default.pa so that one daemon
# can be shared by multiple sessions.

### Load X11 bell module
#load-module module-x11-bell sample=x11-bell

### Register ourselves in the X11 session manager
#load-module module-x11-xsmp

### Publish connection data in the X11 root window
#.ifexists module-x11-publish.so
#.nofail
#load-module module-x11-publish
#.fail
#.endif

### Make some devices default
#set-default-sink output
#set-default-source input

[dolphin_oracle]

Ok, and can you check to see if there is a /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop file (that filename might not be exact.)

[richb]

rich (or anyone else with this problem).

I would like you to try something if you are game.

1. make a backup copy of /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop into some other folder (like /home/user) and then delete /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop

2. edit as root /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop and comment out the NotShowIn=KDE . save the file.

reboot and see if you can crash pulseaudio.


NOTE: make sure you do things so has to be able to revert changes if necessary.

Not sure if my doing that would be much help as the crashes are so infrequent.

fair enough.

in pulseaudio 5.99, they removed start-pulseaudio-kde. So I'm thinking its not necessary in plasma 5.

if this is true, then leaving pulse-start enabled in KDE would work same as XFCE.

The version of KDE we are using does not use Plasma 5. Or am I mis-understanding you.

[dolphin_oracle]

[Quote ]
The version of KDE we are using does not use Plasma 5. Or am I mis-understanding you.[/quote]

My mistake.

[richb]

Ok, and can you check to see if there is a /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop file (that filename might not be exact.)

There is.

[dolphin_oracle]

Ok, and can you check to see if there is a /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop file (that filename might not be exact.)

There is.

with pulseaudio 7? if so, post the Exec line please.

[richb]

Ok, and can you check to see if there is a /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop file (that filename might not be exact.)

There is.

with pulseaudio 7? if so, post the Exec line please.

Pulseaudio 7.1-2mx150+1

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Exec=start-pulseaudio-x11