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daguq
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:14 pm    Post subject: Pulseaudio daemon startup failed Reply with quote

While I am trying to execute
Code:
pulseaudio -D
, I am getting the error
Code:
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed.
.

I have loginctl, dbus, elogind installed and the services are running.

Here is the output of loginctl
Code:

SESSION  UID USER  SEAT  TTY
      2 1000 larry seat0 tty1

1 sessions listed.


Also, when I am trying to start my WM (river),I am getting an error
Code:
Could not connect to socket /run/seatd.sock: No such file or directory
Backend 'seatd' failed to open seat, skipping


I started facing pulseaudio problems from the moment river started showing this error, so I thought maybe it's related.

What should I do now to resolve this issue?
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flexibeast
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A quick search for the text "Could not connect to socket /run/seatd.sock: No such file or directory" suggests that you might need to set LIBSEAT_BACKEND='logind' (or perhaps 'elogind'), to avoid River (or any other wlroots-based compositor) trying to use seatd as the backend.
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