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alsa-utils package

  1. Bug #557016
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 557016

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Danny Sauer (ubuntu-dannysauer) wrote : Re: alsactl depends on X11

So, if I kill pulseaudio on the system (which was previously running), and if ssh isn't forwarding anything from my workstation, shouldn't that rule pulse out?

sauer@hotrod:/var/lib/mythtv/videos$ sudo alsactl store
Home directory /home/sauer not ours.
sauer@hotrod:/var/lib/mythtv/videos$ sudo -i alsactl store
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
XOpenDisplay() failed
sauer@hotrod:/var/lib/mythtv/videos$ sudo /etc/init.d/pulseaudio stop
 * PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions
sauer@hotrod:/var/lib/mythtv/videos$ sudo killall pulseaudio
sauer@hotrod:/var/lib/mythtv/videos$ ps ax | grep pulse
 9000 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep pulse
sauer@hotrod:/var/lib/mythtv/videos$ sudo alsactl store
Home directory /home/sauer not ours.
sauer@hotrod:/var/lib/mythtv/videos$ sudo -i alsactl store
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
XOpenDisplay() failed
sauer@hotrod:/var/lib/mythtv/videos$ ps ax | grep pulse
 9010 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep pulse