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dCore Import Debian Packages to Mountable SCE extensions => dCore X86 => dCore x86 Imported Extensions => Topic started by: jls on August 04, 2014, 04:31:36 AM

Title: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: jls on August 04, 2014, 04:31:36 AM
 :'(
Title: Re: pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Jason W on August 04, 2014, 10:59:15 AM
The latest skype does not work with pulseaudio?  I don't use skype so I can't test, more information on what is not working would be helpful.  Thanks.
Title: Re: pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: jls on August 04, 2014, 07:23:58 PM
pulseaudio makes the sound card silent
Title: Re: pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Jason W on August 04, 2014, 09:20:05 PM
Try this command to launch skype:

PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30 skype



Also maybe try:

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From http://pc-freak.net : In file/etc/pulse/default.pa substitute the line :

load-module module-udev-detect

with

load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0

Then restart Pulseaudio server.


Taken from the Debian Skype page.
Title: Re: pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Juanito on August 04, 2014, 11:12:38 PM
You could also try killing the pulseaudio daemon and re-starting it in debug mode to look for error messages:
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$ pulseaudio -k
$ pulseaudio -vv
Title: Re: pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: jls on August 11, 2014, 11:00:31 AM
after starting console-kit-daemon as root, pulseaudio starts, but oNLy with dummy output.
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: jls on August 16, 2014, 06:58:56 AM
I've attached the pulseaudio.log
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Jason W on August 16, 2014, 07:41:49 AM
Does this issue occur when running a Debian install of wheezy?  Testing on a wheezy install would help in knowing if it is a Debian issue or a dCore issue.
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: jls on August 16, 2014, 03:58:28 PM
On the same machine (eepc 901) I've also elive installed, where pulse works, I attach also the pulse log of elive.
But few days ago I managed to get pulse working on dCore but I couldn't reproduce the success, maybe some libs are missing?

PS. pulse makes sound working also on terminology
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Jason W on August 16, 2014, 04:35:33 PM
Ok, I will look into it.
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Jason W on August 16, 2014, 08:27:29 PM
I can load pulseaudio and start it with no errors after starting console-kit-daemon.

Alsamixer shows up one channel of pulseaudio, and speaker-test seems to give normal terminal output, just no sound.  Pavucontrol also gives normal readings.  I will dig deeper.
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Jason W on August 16, 2014, 08:41:41 PM
I booted into my Ubuntu Trusty hard drive install, and could not even get pulseaudio to start (apt-get install pulseaudio; pulseaudio --start).  It complained of missing config files, I even followed their wiki and no luck.  That tells me that on Debian/Ubuntu it is not easy to get pulseaudio running.  I will try some more in the near future as time permits.
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: jls on August 17, 2014, 05:39:22 AM
isn't pulseaudio enabled by default in ubuntu?
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: jls on August 17, 2014, 06:04:30 AM
the solution is of course thanks to arslanserc  ;)
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,11632.msg61791.html#msg61791 (http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,11632.msg61791.html#msg61791)
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sudo udevadm trigger
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: jls on August 17, 2014, 06:10:04 AM
this is because pulse audio package has got files in
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lib/udev/rules.ddirectory.
this situation could be automatically checked and solved by the importsce script adding on top the sce.installed file the
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udevadm trigger
line
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Jason W on August 17, 2014, 03:19:20 PM
Thanks.

"udevadm trigger" added to pulseaudio.deb2sce.

Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Jason W on August 18, 2014, 12:59:52 PM
I am also having the startup script of pulseaudio add the current user to the "pulse" and "pulse-access" groups.
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: jls on August 22, 2014, 04:37:13 AM
I am also having the startup script of pulseaudio add the current user to the "pulse" and "pulse-access" groups.
I think that was already done (the groups thing).
After re-importing I get
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jls@eeepc:~$ pulseaudio
pulseaudio: relocation error: /usr/lib/libpulsecore-2.0.so: symbol pa_format_info_free2, version PULSE_0 not defined in file libpulse.so.0 with link time reference
jls@eeepc:~$
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Jason W on August 22, 2014, 09:43:06 PM
I don't see that error on a fresh import of pulseaudio.

Below is an old but maybe useful observation on a simliar issue:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/474714

I do have a large desktop installed after a fresh pulseaudio, I will try again with a minimal one and report back if I see anything.
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio doesn't work
Post by: jls on August 24, 2014, 06:47:48 PM
after the nth re-import I'm again at the point where pulseaudio doesn't find any card :-[
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Jason W on August 26, 2014, 08:29:42 PM
I will try and familiarize myself with pulseaudio and dig deeper.  But what I find helps the most is to have a Wheezy install and test Wheezy versus dCore as that helps to isolate issues.  If you have a Wheezy install or can install it, that would be of much use in troubleshooting. 

Thanks.
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: Jason W on August 27, 2014, 01:19:37 PM
On both a Wheezy install and a freshly imported pulseaudio on dCore, pulseaudio starts without errors on my machine.
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: jls on August 31, 2014, 08:15:07 AM
also in my installation but pulseaudio doesn't see any card
Title: Re: [wheezy] pulseaudio is needed by the latest skype, but it doesn't work
Post by: jls on September 05, 2014, 10:57:26 AM
with the latest dCore cut pulseaudio works!  ;)