Pulseaudio daemon failed to start

[MuadNu]

I've been trying to get my internal microphone to work in F12, and as part of the things I've tried I had the seemingly bad idea of reinstalling pulseaudio. The problem now is that pulseaudio fails to start... The following is from /var/log/messages, and is repeated several times:

Nov 24 08:51:20 localhost pulseaudio[6300]: main.c: Daemon startup without any loaded modules, refusing to work.

I get the same if I type "pulseaudio" in a terminal. Any ideas?

[AdamW]

rpm -qa | grep pulseaudio

I'm guessing you don't have all necessary packages installed.

[MuadNu]

Originally Posted by AdamW

rpm -qa | grep pulseaudio

I'm guessing you don't have all necessary packages installed.

I'm guessing the same, but I don't know enough to see what's missing...

# rpm -qa | grep pulseaudio
pulseaudio-gdm-hooks-0.9.19-2.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.19-2.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-glib2-0.9.19-2.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.19-2.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-0.9.19-2.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-0.9.19-2.fc12.x86_64
wine-pulseaudio-1.1.32-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-0.9.19-2.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-0.9.19-2.fc12.i686
pulseaudio-libs-zeroconf-0.9.19-2.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.19-2.fc12.x86_64
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.21-2.fc12.x86_64
xine-lib-pulseaudio-1.1.16.3-4.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-utils-0.9.19-2.fc12.x86_64

[AdamW]

[adamw@adam bin]$ rpm -qa | grep pulseaudio
pulseaudio-gdm-hooks-0.9.20-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.20-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.20-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-0.9.20-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.20-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-devel-0.9.20-1.fc12.x86_64
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.21-2.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-zeroconf-0.9.20-1.fc12.x86_64
kde-settings-pulseaudio-4.3-12.noarch
xine-lib-pulseaudio-1.1.16.3-4.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-glib2-0.9.20-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-0.9.20-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-utils-0.9.20-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.20-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-debuginfo-0.9.15-11.fc11.x86_64

looks like pulseaudio-module-x11 is missing, for a start.

[MuadNu]

Ok, I installed it, but still get the same as before (I'm pasting a bit more details now though):

Nov 24 15:28:57 localhost rtkit-daemon[1697]: Sucessfully made thread 2385 of process 2385 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '500' high priority at nice level -11.
Nov 24 15:28:57 localhost pulseaudio[2385]: main.c: Daemon startup without any loaded modules, refusing to work.
Nov 24 15:28:57 localhost pulseaudio[2383]: main.c: Daemon startup failed.

I checked the list and no other packages are missing, except for the pulseaudio-libs-devel and kde-settings-pulseaudio which I probably don't need.

[AdamW]

weird. um. can you run 'start-pulseaudio-x11' at a terminal as a normal user and see what happens?

[MuadNu]

$ start-pulseaudio-x11 
E: main.c: Daemon startup failed.

(It's probably not a good idea to have reinstalled pulseaudio in the first place...)

[AdamW]

well that's wonderfully helpful! sigh.

pulseaudio -vvvv

says?

[MuadNu]

I tried it both as a normal user and as root, and I get different output. For root, I get a very long output, http://pastebin.com/m3932866e (this is just the last part). The most important part is, I guess,

D: alsa-source.c: Read hardware volume: 0:  71% 1:  71%
D: alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: core-util.c: SCHED_RR|SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK worked.
I: core-util.c: Successfully enabled SCHED_RR scheduling for thread, with priority 5.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-card" (index: #4; argument: "device_id="0" name="pci-0000_00_1b.0" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0" tsched=yes ignore_dB=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"").
I: module-udev-detect.c: Card /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0 (alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0) module loaded.
I: module-udev-detect.c: Found 1 cards.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-udev-detect" (index: #5; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib64/pulse-0.9.19/modules/module-bluetooth-discover.so': success
D: dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus system bus 31f630ab786348415bf1be354b0c41a9 as :1.1012
D: bluetooth-util.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module.c: Loaded "module-bluetooth-discover" (index: #6; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib64/pulse-0.9.19/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib64/pulse-0.9.19/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #9; argument: "").
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default sink 'alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo'.
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Restored default source 'alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-intended-roles" (index: #13; argument: "").
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo becomes idle, timeout in 5 seconds.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo becomes idle, timeout in 5 seconds.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-cork-music-on-phone" (index: #17; argument: "").
D: main.c: Got org.pulseaudio.Server!
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-udev-detect.c: /dev/snd/controlC0 is accessible: yes

So the server is started... But, unfortunately, I still get the messages "waiting for sound system to respond".

As a normal user I get

$ pulseaudio -vvvv
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: core-rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us.
D: core-util.c: RealtimeKit worked.
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.19
D: main.c: Compilation host: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Winline -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux x86_64 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:11:14 EST 2009
D: main.c: Found 2 CPUs.
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
D: main.c: All asserts enabled.
I: main.c: Machine ID is 033450ac9f63df92b7f1e7d94b054d40.
I: main.c: Session ID is 033450ac9f63df92b7f1e7d94b054d40-1259094467.34091-341305730.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/dani/.pulse/033450ac9f63df92b7f1e7d94b054d40-runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/dani/.pulse.
I: main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib64/pulse-0.9.19/modules.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
I: cpu-x86.c: CPU flags: MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4_1 
I: svolume_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized functions.
I: remap_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized remappers.
I: svolume_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized functions.
I: remap_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized remappers.
I: sconv_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized conversions.
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472
E: main.c: Daemon startup without any loaded modules, refusing to work.
I: main.c: Daemon terminated.

Edit: I now rebooted and for some strange reason the fn volume keys are now working, but I don't get the usual notification on the screen when I change volume (the nice compiz black square), nor what I use to see with compiz disabled, but instead a different graphic (gmixer maybe?). Sound preferences still gives me the error message, as does sound recorder.

Edit 2: I rebooted again and guess what... The fn volume keys are back to not working at all.

Edit 3: SOLVED. It was somehow an issue with my user configuration. I logged in as a different user and the problem disappeared. Then I just copied the pulseaudio configuration from that user. Unfortunately, the microphone still doesn't work, but that's a different issue (and it used to be a different threas until it was erased ).

[AdamW]

heh, edit 3 is what I would've suggested good job figuring it out.