From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Aug 13 23:01:01 2020 Received: (at 40675) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Aug 2020 03:01:01 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51494 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k6Pxl-0001B9-3h for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:01:01 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-f182.google.com ([209.85.222.182]:41069) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k6Pxh-0001Ar-QW for 40675@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:00:59 -0400 Received: by mail-qk1-f182.google.com with SMTP id l64so7212464qkb.8 for <40675@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:00:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=2zmIfI1qPavaClQh1DDFj0tZCF8mHjhPqWnnwwFSBhM=; b=Yl7jv9yMcvFmBF1nu1H00rcKwTiWw2+6nOkGOni340s3SFQW3v5jl1J7kZlmY6qAQG K/iWy6Xw4sECxA0/b7ePbNZTcy8PFdeag636smaUu3Ck2MKyji+iGAngz7q0d2FPXmXw dsoQuwvxS1xR+TATeRzrOt8tO43NOJMJCzSTROoJVKKiJPKz6mTbiGXl8FR26osUWXFr 5YQMf+ObtkJPMs8WsganefI7LITCUY0Z4BxLgbYDz9JkXfmk75MydutYwh1eUPeVS2GF NKUV6xV6nLJ+KFaqvAHjEmtbWC8mklFAs1iRxsO40vMmowkIomXSOo79TEBqvkUWV166 1eeA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=2zmIfI1qPavaClQh1DDFj0tZCF8mHjhPqWnnwwFSBhM=; b=paaROrTz2E38rGCme+CLXuCWBUsoobDTQdOPq5S9pYADQcS5l2omLGgCv7yvKumCs0 +y57hGUeFjz+SFLwQTpy2OEe/bmu7trxOQWIg9QbkDwFZMVjz7yYTzo578bq5D4ZcXd5 ob9t0voaYDVqMZIzMXB+PLvXkPFxr9UZaawmmLOpzKoHXJWjL5hXvdPyy8iWFn7+G60T K3Kw6XP8gtVrD5qsS4uQwBBneylpYDzYaE0HYINIvwuXT2z+xR7pVv4VC4wDXpTu4Osd ESwTzVVI4AqQQY+5I70p7oXfZp4fMQbclvlcvSKaO8KBPVvHCVUfyx21tm0TTK0wz/Oe Mczw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531uU0bMSCQ1Eg7jFqro6dKm66HYVBGuoCUbAvL8mkKvjgWQha+W 9TrOhZBR2MUSLBvsGWTn57h1TuuR X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwP7exP26d/yknWbodbXFUdpik6NdQtHKSTmL/xf9317U0iDN3VAnb9c8y2kOTnW6M3ZVQKjQ== X-Received: by 2002:a37:ad04:: with SMTP id f4mr274231qkm.302.1597374051837; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:00:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hurd (dsl-155-162.b2b2c.ca. [66.158.155.162]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w27sm8343517qtv.68.2020.08.13.20.00.50 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:00:51 -0700 (PDT) From: maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com X-Google-Original-From: maxim@hurd.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me To: pkill9 Subject: Re: bug#40675: Chromium doesn't start pulseaudio if pulseaudio isn't running References: <20200417001429.09fb8ba1@runbox.com> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:00:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20200417001429.09fb8ba1@runbox.com> (pkill9@runbox.com's message of "Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:14:29 +0100") Message-ID: <87sgcqszh9.fsf@hurd.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 40675 Cc: 40675@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Hello, pkill9 writes: > It instead seems to use Alsa directly, because when I then run > Pulseaudio, it just creates a 'dummy output'. This is annoying with the > default Pulseaudio behaviour of exiting after 20 seconds of idling. I did some more tests and it seem to work fine here. Perhaps you were bitten by this bug [0], where a dead pulseaudio connection will not be restarted. If you start Chromium without any pulseaudio server running, it will cause it to auto spawn when it requires sound access. Perhaps you can share the exacts step you use to reproduce this? Perhaps some interaction with other sound applications is required for the problem to manifest itself? Thanks! Maxim [0] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=968540&q=microphone%20pulseaudio&can=1