[Mageia-dev] Audio Warning: New PulseAudio test release on the way....

Wed Aug 3 14:27:16 CEST 2011

'Twas brillig, and Ahmad Samir at 03/08/11 13:01 did gyre and gimble:
+> 2011/8/3 Kira <elegant.pegasus at gmail.com>:
+>> 在 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:29:10 +0800, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie>寫道:>
+>>>
+>>> Worrying!
+>>>
+>>> Is this localized at all? If so what language?
+>>>
+>> Traditional Chinese...Sorry...
+>>
+>> It means sampling cache size: 0B
+>>
+>>>
+>>> Can you supply:
+>>>
+>>> sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
+>>
+>> /dev/snd/controlC0:  kira    3001  F.... kde4
+>>                     kira       3216  F.... kmix
+>> /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p:   kira       3695  F...m amarok
+>>
+>>>
+>>> and
+>>>
+>>> pulseaudio -k; pulseaudio -vvvvv
+>>
+>> 1. E: main.c: unable to terminate background program: No such process exist.
+>>
+>> 2. as in the attachment, but still some localized message inside. Sorry.
+>>
+>>>
+>>> output? (for the second one, you may have to do:
+>>> echo "autospawn=no" >> ~/.pulse/client.conf
+>>> in order for it to actually start on the command line and not be
+>>> autospawned by something else!)
+>>
+> 
+> Put LC_ALL=C before any command and the output will be in English, e.g.:
+> LC_ALL=C urpmi --auto-update
+> 
+
+Also please run this as your regular user, not root.
+
+You should also ensure that no applications are running that are using
+the /dev/snd/pcm* devices, e.g. with the fuser command above, you should
+kill off amarok before trying to start PA.
+
+Cheers
+
+Col
+
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
+mageia(at)colin.guthr.ie
+http://colin.guthr.ie/
+
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+Open Source:
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+  PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/]
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+