[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#675788: Bug#675788: schroot: PulseAudio not working in a default desktop schroot

[Roger Leigh]

On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 01:06:33PM +0200, Luca Capello wrote:
> With the latest upgrade, /etc/schroot/desktop/fstab gained PulseAudio
> support (BTW, there is an extra space before the target folder):
> 
> Mounting /run/dbus let paplay start, but there is no sound.  Mounting
> /run/udev gives sound, exactly as explained at #649884 (affect added,
> sorry for the being late).
> 
> So, basically, I would say that mounting /var/lib/dbus alone is useless.
> Actually, I would even say that it is counter-productive, given that it
> gives the false assumption that /var/lib/dbus/ is the only mounting
> needed for PulseAudio, while it is not (I would be happy to stand
> corrected).
> 
> Moreover, please also note that some applications (at least Empathy, see
> #652487) does not work as expected with /var/lib/dbus/ mounted.

The desktop profile was user-contributed, and I don't use it myself
other than trivial testing that it works for basic stuff.  If you
could let me know what's needed, I'll be happy to update the profile.
Note that if it's backward-compatible with earlier distributions, then
that's even better.


Thanks,
Roger

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