Lennart Poettering wrote: ...
3. I don't want to reinstall my system just to get PA installed. What can I do to install PA on my Rawhide system? Run "sudo yum install pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-x11 gstreamer-plugins-pulse pulseaudio-utils alsa-plugins-pulseaudio pavucontrol" You might also want to install a couple of optional packages: "sudo yum install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf pulseaudio-module-lirc pavumeter paman paprefs padevchooser" You also have to make sure that some GConf keys are set up properly: /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosrc -> pulsesrc /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosink -> pulsesink (or autoaudiosink) /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/chataudiosink -> pulsesink (or autoaudiosink) /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/musicaudiosink -> pulsesink (or autoaudiosink) /desktop/gnome/sound/enable_esd -> True
...I tried this but when pulseaudio tries to start I get the following output in the syslog:
Aug 25 23:17:57 nexus pulseaudio[2956]: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Master". Aug 25 23:17:57 nexus pulseaudio[2956]: alsa-util.c: Cannot find fallback mixer control "PCM". Aug 25 23:17:58 nexus pulseaudio[2956]: module-alsa-sink.c: Failed to set hardware parameters: Operation not permitted Aug 25 23:17:58 nexus pulseaudio[2956]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=hw:0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1412_1712_alsa_playback_0"): initialization failed. Aug 25 23:17:58 nexus pulseaudio[2956]: module-alsa-source.c: Failed to set hardware parameters: Operation not permitted Aug 25 23:17:58 nexus pulseaudio[2956]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-source" (argument: "device=hw:0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1412_1712_alsa_capture_0"): initialization failed.
I'm not sure what to make of this and how to fix it. Regards, Dennis