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diff --git a/audio/pulseaudio/README b/audio/pulseaudio/README index 7c0de995fc..0231c2f07b 100644 --- a/audio/pulseaudio/README +++ b/audio/pulseaudio/README @@ -2,9 +2,25 @@ pulseaudio is a networked sound server for Unix-like operating systems and Microsoft Windows. It is intended to be an improved drop-in replacement for the Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESOUND). -Pulseaudio will need a pulse group/user to run. You can add one with - # groupadd -g 216 pulse - # useradd -u 216 -g pulse -d /var/lib/pulse pulse -See http://slackbuilds.org/uid_gid.txt for details on the uid/gid assignments. - Optional deps: jack-audio-connection-kit, avahi, lirc, libasyncns, orc + +USAGE: +In almost all cases, pulseaudio should be run as a normal user daemon +i.e. NOT a system wide daemon. It will be usually started by the desktop +environment (KDE, XFCE, MATE) when the user logs in. In general, there is +nothing more the user needs to do (configuration for particular devices or +circumstances notwithstanding). + +If necessary, pulseaudio may be started manually with: + /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11 +or + /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-kde + +In the EXTREMELY RARE case that pulseaudio needs to run as a system wide +daemon, the /etc/rc.d/rc.pulseaudio script is provided. It is not used at all +in the usual case, as above, in which pulseaudio runs as a normal user daemon. +Additionally, in the system wide daemon mode only, pulseaudio will need a +pulse group/user to run as. This may be done with: + groupadd -g 216 pulse + useradd -u 216 -g pulse -d /var/run/pulse -m pulse +See http://slackbuilds.org/uid_gid.txt for details on the uid/gid assignments. |