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systemd definition for pulseaudio in system-mode (example for archlinux).
The pulseaudio developers explicitly recommend to NOT run pulseaudo system-mode!
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| # systemd service spec for pulseaudio running in system mode -- not recommended though! | |
| # on arch, put it under /etc/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service | |
| # start with: systemctl start pulseaudio.service | |
| # enable on boot: systemctl enable pulseaudio.service | |
| [Unit] | |
| Description=Pulseaudio sound server | |
| After=avahi-daemon.service network.target | |
| [Service] | |
| ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --disallow-exit --disallow-module-loading | |
| ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID | |
| [Install] | |
| WantedBy=multi-user.target |
To ensure systemd knows when PulseAudio has finished starting, you can use Type=dbus. This is necessary if you need to start other services that depend on PulseAudio (for example receivers for streaming audio).
[Unit]
Description=Pulseaudio sound server
After=avahi-daemon.service network.target
[Service]
Type=dbus
ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --disallow-exit --disallow-module-loading --daemonize=no
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
BusName=org.pulseaudio.Server
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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As im trying to do something with this there is a problem with "8 NOT NEEDED: Assure that pulseaudio socket is accessible by any user" it looks like /run/user/1041/pulse is 700 it is restored after daemon restart.