If you haven't previously set the user's client.conf to turn autospawn off then try running->  pulseaudio --daemonize

That should do the trick, thanks!

On 3 April 2011 09:45, Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com> wrote:

I'm trying to get this data from the Smarttop to show the SPDIF device
but I get the same "No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as
session daemon." as Shawn.. under exactly the same operating system as
Jason..

Is there a special place I need to be running this, in a certain
shell? All I can figure is some environment variable is being stripped
when I enter a shell..

Pulseaudio is definitely running..  (outputting over HDMI via a Yamaha
5.1 receiver, the boot sound is loud, and pulse is handling audio
mixing..)

Jason, what was the trick? :D

--
Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com>
Product Development Analyst, Genesi USA, Inc.

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Jason Hui <jason.hui@linaro.org> wrote:
> Hi, Kurt,
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Kurt Taylor <kurt.taylor@linaro.org> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am trying to assemble a reference for the sound device specifics for all
>> the platforms. The catch is that I don't have all the dev platforms
>> available to me.
>>
>> Here is where you can help!  I have Panda and Beagle C4. I need everything
>> else.  If you have access to other platform(s), please do the following and
>> email the output to me.
>>
>> With a Linaro image or Ubuntu image (an image with with pulseaudio
>> installed), run the following:  "pacmd list-sinks" and email it to me.  You
>> will get an output that resembles this:
>>
>
> Here is  what I get:
>
> jason@jason-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep Machine
> [    0.000000] Machine: Genesi Efika MX (Smartbook)
>
> jason@jason-laptop:~$ cat /etc/issue
> Ubuntu 10.10 \n \l
>
> jason@jason-laptop:~$ pacmd list-sinks
> Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information.
>>>> 1 sink(s) available.
>  * index: 0
>        name: <alsa_output.platform-soc-audio.2.analog-stereo>
>        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
>        flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
>        state: SUSPENDED
>        suspend cause: IDLE
>        priority: 9009
>        volume: 0:  82% 1:  82%
>                0: -5.17 dB 1: -5.17 dB
>                balance 0.00
>        base volume: 100%
>                     0.00 dB
>        volume steps: 65537
>        muted: no
>        current latency: 0.00 ms
>        max request: 0 KiB
>        max rewind: 0 KiB
>        monitor source: 0
>        sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
>        channel map: front-left,front-right
>                     Stereo
>        used by: 0
>        linked by: 0
>        configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 139.32 ms
>        card: 0 <alsa_card.platform-soc-audio.2>
>        module: 4
>        properties:
>                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
>                device.api = "alsa"
>                device.class = "sound"
>                alsa.class = "generic"
>                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
>                alsa.name = ""
>                alsa.id = "SGTL5000 SGTL5000-0"
>                alsa.subdevice = "0"
>                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
>                alsa.device = "0"
>                alsa.card = "0"
>                alsa.card_name = "imx-3stack"
>                alsa.long_card_name = "imx-3stack (SGTL5000)"
>                device.bus_path = "platform-soc-audio.2"
>                sysfs.path = "/devices/platform/soc-audio.2/sound/card0"
>                device.string = "hw:0"
>                device.buffering.buffer_size = "24576"
>                device.buffering.fragment_size = "6144"
>                device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
>                device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
>                device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
>                device.description = "imx-3stack Analog Stereo"
>                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
>                device.icon_name = "audio-card"
>        ports:
>                analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900)
>                analog-output-headphones: Analog Headphones (priority 9000)
>        active port: <analog-output>
>
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Kurt Taylor (irc krtaylor)
>>
>>
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