Re: [tlug] PulseAudio Setup: The First Stupid Question of the Morning

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Guilhem Saurel writes:
 > Le 18/08/2014 08:15, CL a écrit :
 > > Stupid newbie-type question:
 > > 
 > > I installed, and initially set up PulseAudio as Root.
 > > 
 > > I can check operation as User (pacmd dump) but, when I check as Root am 
 > > told that no session is running.
 > > 
 > > Do I have a setup problem or should I just try to do everything as 
 > > User?  I find lots of setup instructions but no "what to do when you 
 > > screw this up" information.

 > I think that if you are a newbie, you should just avoid to setup PA
 > as root, just as it is said on the official documentation:
 > 
 > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/WhatIsWrongWithSystemWide/

I don't think he is using --system, since root can't access the daemon
(directly) but 'User' can.  At least, it's not being run that way by
root, ISTM.

If he *is* in --system mode, then that would probably explain why the
module for his headphones doesn't get loaded.  In that case he can
probably get his headphones to work by explicitly configuring the
module to load at startup.