opt/pulseaudio

pulseaudio

server shutting down when used with a WM

If you are not running a fully fledged DE you might have trouble with pulseaudio shutting down after being idle for a while. You can work around this by starting pulseaudio like this:

~/.xinitrc #!/bin/bash pulseaudio --start --exit-idle-time=-1 --log-target=syslog & exec /usr/bin/myawesomewm

system mode

See What is wrong with system mode? – PulseAudio for more information.

This was previously a pre-install script:

#!/bin/sh

# check for pulseaudio group or add one
getent group pulse || /usr/sbin/groupadd pulse
getent group pulse-access || /usr/sbin/groupadd pulse-access

# check for pulseaudio user or add one
getent passwd pulse || /usr/sbin/useradd -g pulse -d /var/lib/pulse -s /bin/false -c "Pulseaudio User" pulse

# lock the account
/usr/bin/passwd -l pulse