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nikobordx
March 4th, 2009, 19:32
Hi all,

When pulseaudio load, i have this message in /var/log/messages:

E: shm.c: shm_unlink(/tmp/pulse-shm-2649548005) failed: Permission denied

Some people know this problem ?
Thanks in advance.
Niko.
mdma
April 8th, 2009, 10:54
hey,
by any chance did you solve this?

i have seen very few ppl who have set up pulse properly and more ppl still having problems. I am not sure if this is to do with pam setup and seen instructions only for linux which use some file called limits.conf.

i have a new installation and doing some google, but would like to see some clear guide somewhere here.
nikobordx
April 9th, 2009, 10:52
Hi mdma,

After a fresh install of FreeBSD, i have no problem anymore !
I don't know why but it's perfectly working.

Do you have problem with pulse audio on your FreeBSD ?

Niko.
vermaden
April 9th, 2009, 11:15
Pulseaudio doesn't work!
Its 100% normal/typical that it doesnt work, do not bother ;)
phoenix
April 9th, 2009, 23:00
Why even install PulseAudio on FreeBSD? Everything short of per-application volume controls is already possible in FreeBSD already.

PulseAudio is a Linux solution to a Linux problem that should be fixed lower in the Linux audio stack. Adding yet another layer on top of a broken foundation won't fix things.

And adding that broken layer to a working FreeBSD setup is just asking for trouble. :D
nikobordx
April 10th, 2009, 10:38
Hi Phoenix,

Can you tell me how to have a per-application volume control on FreeBSD without pulse-audio ?

Thanks in advance,
Nicolas.
vermaden
April 10th, 2009, 11:00
Can you tell me how to have a per-application volume control on FreeBSD without pulse-audio ?

OSS4 from ports.
nikobordx
April 10th, 2009, 12:43
Ok

But what is the difference between the FreeBSD sound system and the OSS ?
What is the best?

Nicolas.
SirDice
April 10th, 2009, 13:14
For one OSS makes my soundblaster X-Fi work :)
mdma
April 10th, 2009, 15:08
hi nikobordx
no i haven't got this working yet but i have a lot of shtuff to upgrade at the moment and i'm leaving it till after that.

out of curiosity, are you running as per-user or system? and if per-user, did you manage high-priority or realtime?

thanks
phoenix
April 10th, 2009, 20:14
But what is the difference between the FreeBSD sound system and the OSS ? What is the best?

The FreeBSD audio system is OSS. It's a variation of OSS3.

OSS4 is available from the ports tree, with different features, different drivers, some newer drivers, and some drivers that FreeBSD doesn't come with.

Neither is really better than the other. Use whichever one has the features that you need, and the drivers that you need.
mdg583
April 11th, 2009, 06:08
Wow, I'm glad I eavesdropped on this conversation. Switching from pulseaudio to OSS.
nikobordx
April 11th, 2009, 11:10
Hi mdma,

In fact, I was wrong!
Pulseaudio loads without error but I can't open the volume control!

I know FreeBSD use oss as audio system but why not put directly oss version 4 into the base source of FreeBSD (if I am not mistaken oss v4 uses the BSD license) ??

Nicolas.
vermaden
April 11th, 2009, 14:49
I know FreeBSD use oss as audio system but why not put directly oss version 4 into the base source of FreeBSD (if I am not mistaken oss v4 uses the BSD license) ??

FreeBSD team is already working on improoving audio subsystem:
http://wiki.freebsd.org/soundsystem

From what I have read somewhere (MLs?) OSS4 drivers/sollutions will also be included.