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  • The sound stops when I switch to virtual consoles

    From Gilberto F da Silva@2:250/1 to All on Wed Jul 8 16:54:56 2020

    The sound stops when I switch to virtual consoles using CTRL + Fn. The
    sound returns after completing the login. But if you are logged in as
    root the sound does not come back. The trick used by me is to login as a normal user and then acquire root rights.

    This is not a problem with Mageia, in other distributions that also use
    the system the same thing happens.

    I'm posting here because I'm using Mageia 7.1

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    Gilberto F da Silva

    --- MBSE BBS v1.0.7.17 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: Aioe.org NNTP Server (2:250/1@fidonet)
  • From Bit Twister@2:250/1 to All on Wed Jul 8 18:52:30 2020
    On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 12:54:56 -0300, Gilberto F da Silva wrote:

    The sound stops when I switch to virtual consoles using CTRL + Fn. The
    sound returns after completing the login.

    You can thank pulseaudio for that "Feature"

    But if you are logged in as
    root the sound does not come back. The trick used by me is to login as a normal user and then acquire root rights.

    Personally, I put everyone in the pulse-access and audio groups.
    That way all my users, root, and cron jobs can play audio.

    Be aware that vlc will grab complete audio control locking out other
    users access to do any audio work.

    --- MBSE BBS v1.0.7.17 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (2:250/1@fidonet)
  • From Gilberto F da Silva@2:250/1 to All on Wed Jul 8 20:57:21 2020
    Bit Twister wrote:
    On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 12:54:56 -0300, Gilberto F da Silva wrote:

    The sound stops when I switch to virtual consoles using CTRL + Fn. The
    sound returns after completing the login.

    You can thank pulseaudio for that "Feature"

    But if you are logged in as
    root the sound does not come back. The trick used by me is to login as a
    normal user and then acquire root rights.

    Personally, I put everyone in the pulse-access and audio groups.
    That way all my users, root, and cron jobs can play audio.

    Be aware that vlc will grab complete audio control locking out other
    users access to do any audio work.


    Only I use Linux computers. My kids use Windows computers.


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    Gilberto F da Silva

    --- MBSE BBS v1.0.7.17 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: Aioe.org NNTP Server (2:250/1@fidonet)