PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions ... (warning).

cccc · 11-21-2011, 06:18 PM

hi

During the wheezy startup I get this message on the screen:

PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions ... (warning).

Even if I try to restart pulseaudio:

Code:

# /etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart
PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions ... (warning).

Anyone knows howto solve this?

corp769 · 11-21-2011, 09:15 PM

From the man page:

Code:

--system[=BOOL]
              Run  as  system-wide  instance instead of per-user. Please note that this disables certain features of PulseAudio and is generally not recommended unless the system knows no local
              users (e.g. is a thin client). This feature needs special configuration and a dedicated UNIX user set up. It is highly recommended to combine this  with  --disallow-module-loading
              (see below).

I would take a look at both your config file, and your init.d config, and have a closer look at how it is being started. Are you starting pulseaudio manually?

cccc · 11-22-2011, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corp769

I would take a look at both your config file, and your init.d config, and have a closer look at how it is being started. Are you starting pulseaudio manually?

I don't know which config file:

Code:

# ls /etc/pulse
client.conf  daemon.conf  default.pa  system.pa

should be changed and pulseaudio is started automatically during the startup.

My /etc/init.d/pulseaudio:

Code:

# cat /etc/init.d/pulseaudio

#!/bin/sh -e
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          pulseaudio esound
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Should-Start:      udev NetworkManager
# Should-Stop:       udev NetworkManager
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      1
# Short-Description: Start the PulseAudio sound server
# Description:       System mode startup script for
#                    the PulseAudio sound server.
### END INIT INFO

DAEMON=/usr/bin/pulseaudio
PIDDIR=/var/run/pulse
PIDFILE=$PIDDIR/pid
DAEMONUSER=pulse
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START=0
DISALLOW_MODULE_LOADING=1
test -f /etc/default/pulseaudio && . /etc/default/pulseaudio
if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START" != "1" ]; then
        log_warning_msg "PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions"
        exit 0
fi

pulseaudio_start () {
        log_daemon_msg "Starting system PulseAudio Daemon"
        if [ ! -d $PIDDIR ]; then
                mkdir -p $PIDDIR
                chown $DAEMONUSER:$DAEMONUSER $PIDDIR
        fi
        start-stop-daemon -x $DAEMON -p $PIDFILE --start -- --system --daemonize --high-priority --log-target=syslog --disallow-module-loading=$DISALLOW_MODULE_LOADING
        status=$?
        if [ -e /var/run/pulse/.esd_auth ]; then
                chown pulse:pulse-access /var/run/pulse/.esd_auth
                chmod 640 /var/run/pulse/.esd_auth
        fi
        if [ -e /var/run/pulse/.pulse-cookie ]; then
                chown pulse:pulse-access /var/run/pulse/.pulse-cookie
                chmod 640 /var/run/pulse/.pulse-cookie
        fi
        log_end_msg ${status}
}

pulseaudio_stop () {
        log_daemon_msg "Stopping system PulseAudio Daemon"
        start-stop-daemon -p $PIDFILE --stop --retry 5 || echo -n "...which is not running"
        log_end_msg $?
}

case "$1" in
        start|stop)
                pulseaudio_${1}
                ;;
        restart|reload|force-reload)
                if [ -s $PIDFILE ] && kill -0 $(cat $PIDFILE) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                        pulseaudio_stop
                        pulseaudio_start
                fi
                ;;
        force-stop)
                pulseaudio_stop
                killall pulseaudio || true
                sleep 2
                killall -9 pulseaudio || true
                ;;
        status)
                status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE "$DAEMON" "system-wide PulseAudio" && exit 0 || exit $?
                ;;
        *)
                echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/pulseaudio {start|stop|force-stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status}"
                exit 1
                ;;
esac

exit 0

corp769 · 11-22-2011, 08:32 PM

After looking at what you gave me, post the output of the following for me:

Code:

echo $PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START

Hopefully, this gives us something, as this is the underlying problem.

cccc · 11-23-2011, 04:28 AM

Code:

# echo $PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START

#

corp769 · 11-23-2011, 05:50 AM

All you need to do is change the following in your init.d file:

Code:

PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START=1

And that should be it.

Cheers,

Josh

cccc · 11-23-2011, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corp769

All you need to do is change the following in your init.d file:

Code:

PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START=1

And that should be it.

Cheers,

Josh

I have changed, but still get this boot text message during the startup:

PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions ... (warning).

m0g · 11-29-2011, 12:22 PM

The point is you need to change PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START in /etc/default/pulseaudio

But for me it doesn't change anything, pulseaudio's still not working.

62chevy · 11-30-2011, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cccc

I have changed, but still get this boot text message during the startup:

PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions ... (warning).

The first time I installed Sid I had to add my user to pulse and pulse-access as well as audio to get it to work. This time it just worked with me being added to audio only.

And I still get the warning too just ignore it.

jikun · 07-12-2013, 06:04 PM

I'm posting this for the sake of Googlers. According to the PulseAudio Wiki, system wide mode is only recommended for minimalist installs (such as embedded clients) where there aren't really any users per say. System wide mode creates a few security issues. I believe it also disables a few features of PulseAudio. The recommended mode is per-user configuration.

So, unless you specifically need to disable per-user configuration in order to use PulseAudo, then it is safest to ignore the warnings at boot.

Soapm · 07-16-2013, 11:25 PM

I know this isn't yours to answer but shouldn't the warning be for system wide mode since it's the non-preferred setting? Why warn you when it's running as it should? That's generated so many questions it isn't funny.

It's like having your check engine light on to say the engine is running fine.

jikun · 07-16-2013, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soapm

I know this isn't yours to answer but shouldn't the warning be for system wide mode since it's the non-preferred setting? Why warn you when it's running as it should? That's generated so many questions it isn't funny.

It's like having your check engine light on to say the engine is running fine.

Exactly. It is very counter-intuitive for the end user.

ear · 01-06-2014, 03:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m0g

The point is you need to change PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START in /etc/default/pulseaudio

But for me it doesn't change anything, pulseaudio's still not working.

set it on "pulseaudio_system_start=1"
and "disallow_module_loading=0" in /etc/default/pulseaudio

so it sill working without this message, perharps it is not really good, however it works on my machine fine! no difference between now to before!

ron