Hello.
I get sound for all normal users, but not for root.
How to get sound for root user.
Any help is welcome.
Ps : the question is ‘how’ , please don’t ask why.
Maybe this one:
https://rudd-o.com/linux-and-free-software/how-to-make-pulseaudio-run-once-at-boot-for-all-your-users
Thank you.
I’ll give it a shot.
Hello.
The running system for my test is 15.1 and not 15.2 as told in the prefix.
As I want to modify the config for only user root, I put the service in /root/.config/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service
The file has been modified to remove some warning :
[Unit]
Description=PulseAudio system server for user root
[Service]
Type=notify
ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --system --realtime --log-target=journal --disallow-exit --disallow-module-loading --disable-shm --disallow-exit --exit-idle-time=0
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
I put the client config in in /root/.config/pulse/user
# 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/>.
## Configuration file for PulseAudio clients. See pulse-client.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out. Use either ; or # for
## commenting.
**# #
# /root/.config/pulse/client.conf
# #
default-server = /var/run/pulse/native
autospawn = no
**
; default-sink =
; default-source =
; default-server =
; default-dbus-server =
; autospawn = yes
; daemon-binary = /usr/bin/pulseaudio
; extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog
; cookie-file =
; enable-shm = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB
; auto-connect-localhost = no
; auto-connect-display = no
The service is started by a launcher in /root/.config/autostart-scripts/start_pulseaudio.sh
# # ensure running as root
if "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
exit ${E_BAD_USER:-11}
fi
#
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------
##########
# #
# #
# MAIN #
# #
# #
##########
pulseaudio --kill
systemctl --user start pulseaudio.service
exit 0
Excerpt from journal :
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC ksmserver[2632]: ksmserver: Kcminit phase 1 done
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC ksmserver[2632]: ksmserver: Starting autostart service "/etc/xdg/autostart/kdeconnectd.desktop" ("/usr/lib64/libexec/kdeconnectd")
**août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC ksmserver[2632]: ksmserver: Starting autostart service "/etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop" ("/usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11")**
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC ksmserver[2632]: ksmserver: Starting autostart service "/etc/xdg/autostart/xdg-user-dirs.desktop" ("/usr/bin/xdg-user-dirs-update")
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC ksmserver[2632]: ksmserver: Autostart 1 done
.......
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC ksmserver[2632]: ksmserver: Starting autostart script "/root/.config/autostart-scripts/start_pulseaudio.sh"
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC ksmserver[2632]: ksmserver: Starting autostart service "/etc/xdg/autostart/pasystray.desktop" ("/usr/bin/pasystray")
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC ksmserver[2632]: ksmserver: Starting autostart service "/etc/xdg/autostart/powerdevil.desktop" ("/usr/lib64/libexec/org_kde_powerdevil")
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC ksmserver[2632]: ksmserver: Autostart 2 done
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC ksmserver[2632]: ksmserver: Kcminit phase 2 done
........
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC systemd[2492]: Starting PulseAudio system server...
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC pulseaudio[2750]: Running in system mode, forcibly disabling exit idle time.
**août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC pulseaudio[2750]: Home directory of user 'pulse' is not '/var/run/pulse', ignoring.**
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC pulseaudio[2750]: OK, so you are running PA in system mode. Please make sure that you actually do want to do that.
août 30 14:28:35 ASUS-G731GV-JC pulseaudio[2750]: Please read http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/WhatIsWrongWithSystemWide/ for an explanation why system mode is usually a bad idea.
.......
août 30 14:30:05 ASUS-G731GV-JC systemd[2492]: pulseaudio.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating.
août 30 14:30:05 ASUS-G731GV-JC plasmashell[2654]: org.kde.plasma.pulseaudio: context kaput
août 30 14:30:05 ASUS-G731GV-JC plasmashell[2654]: org.kde.plasma.pulseaudio: No object for name "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo"
août 30 14:30:05 ASUS-G731GV-JC plasmashell[2654]: org.kde.plasma.pulseaudio: No object for name "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo"
août 30 14:30:05 ASUS-G731GV-JC plasmashell[2654]: org.kde.plasma.pulseaudio: No object for name "alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo"
août 30 14:30:05 ASUS-G731GV-JC systemd[2492]: Failed to start PulseAudio system server.
août 30 14:30:05 ASUS-G731GV-JC systemd[2492]: pulseaudio.service: Unit entered failed state.
août 30 14:30:05 ASUS-G731GV-JC systemd[2492]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
Audio Volume show no device.
PAM show connection refused.
Any help is welcome.
Doing a test with the pulseaudio.service given in the Sauerland’s link
ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --system --realtime --log-target=journal
Does not make difference.
there is a “Got signal SIGTERM”
Root session initialization :
https://paste.opensuse.org/255743
Test with speaker-test :
https://paste.opensuse.org/51670988
result :
https://paste.opensuse.org/93157402
Any help is welcome
I suspected that PolKit is blocking the user “root” – it seems that isn’t the case.
- Therefore, it’s possibly hard-coded into Pulse as a means to work around a security issue …
Hi
If you switch to root user and run;
pulseaudio -D
Does it run?
jdcole -
Have you had any success with pulseaudio in a root session?
If not, did you try the approach outlined on the freedesktop site? https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/SystemWide/
Yes with the option --system. I can view tutorials on youtube with sound.
**ASUS-G731GV-JC:~ #** pulseaudio -D
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: **This program is not intended to be run as root (unless --system is specified).
**
**ASUS-G731GV-JC:~ #** pulseaudio --system -D
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: **Running in system mode, but --disallow-exit not set.**
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: **Running in system mode, but --disallow-module-loading not set.**
N: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode, forcibly disabling SHM mode.
N: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode, forcibly disabling exit idle time.
**ASUS-G731GV-JC:~ #**
Then I can add the code in user root .profile ( or .bashrc ) ?
Hi
I would assume so, or maybe just a script to run on demand…
Thank you very much for helping
I tried the -D option and it’s working here as well.
I am unable to locate a profile or startup file to modify. Where would I put the code for startup in root?
Also, is the code the following or do I need more?
pulseaudio --system -D
In a new file named “.profile” in /etc/profile.d/? See Table 15.1 in https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/startup/html/book-startup/cha-adm-shell.html
Upon further research, perhaps I may need to copy .profile from /etc/skel and place that file in /root/.
I am still uncertain about the syntax for the command. Or, more specifically, what I need to add to the file for the pulseaudio command.