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systemd definition for pulseaudio in system-mode (example for archlinux).
The pulseaudio developers explicitly recommend to NOT run pulseaudo system-mode!
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# systemd service spec for pulseaudio running in system mode -- not recommended though! | |
# on arch, put it under /etc/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service | |
# start with: systemctl start pulseaudio.service | |
# enable on boot: systemctl enable pulseaudio.service | |
[Unit] | |
Description=Pulseaudio sound server | |
After=avahi-daemon.service network.target | |
[Service] | |
ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --disallow-exit --disallow-module-loading | |
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID | |
[Install] | |
WantedBy=multi-user.target |
Wow thank you so much for the extensive description! I will try it out :)
@janvda
Hello! I have a server with 3 VMs that I want to have sound-enabled. In particular I wanted the VM running my music server to start on boot, and with sound enabled. The audio part of that solution evaded me until I found your post. I i implemented it as described, except for using a different account, and it works beautifully.
Thanks!
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@koenschepens
I managed to get it working. See my Audio setup here below:
Audio setup
Setup of pulseaudio in user mode
pulseaudio
at all times (also after reboot)pulseaudio
(hasuid = 1041
in my case)/run/user/1041/pulse/native
) is active for userpulseaudio
pulseaudio
access toaudio
group so it has access to audio hardware (/dev/snd/*
)This can be checked by:
reboot the system
Following command can be used to check if pulseaudio can access audio card
(assure that no other program is accessing the audio card)
/etc/pulse/daemon.conf
/etc/pulse/default.pa
Test pulseaudio installation (including pavucontrol)
Accessing pulseaudio server (on host) in docker container
Assure that pulseaudio server (on host) is setup as in previous sections.
Change pulseaudio profile (using hdmi / analog / digital output)
Here below the commands to change the audio profile of the card.
Note that it is also possible to do this using pavucontrol.