pulseaudio(1) General Commands Manual pulseaudio(1) (NAME) pulseaudio - PulseAudio (SYNOPSIS) pulseaudio [options] pulseaudio --help pulseaudio --version pulseaudio --dump-conf pulseaudio --dump-modules pulseaudio --dump-resample-methods pulseaudio --cleanup-shm pulseaudio --start pulseaudio --kill pulseaudio --check (DESCRIPTION) PulseAudio POSIX . (OPTIONS) -h | --help . --version . --dump-conf daemon.conf ( ) daemon.conf . --dump-modules . -v . --dump-resample-methods (resamplers) . --cleanup-shm POSIX PulseAudio /dev/shm . . . POSIX /dev/shm ( ). --start PulseAudio . PulseAudio --start PA . PulseAudio . --daemonize . -k | --kill PulseAudio ( SIGTERM). --check PulseAudio . stderr. PulseAudio . autospawn PulseAudio systemd ( ). PID --use-pid-file=no --check . . --check-connection --check <> . --system[=BOOL] (system-wide) . PulseAudio ( ). . --disallow-module-loading ( ). -D | --daemonize[=BOOL] . systemd --daemonize=no systemd . --fail[=BOOL] default.pa ( ) . --high-priority[=BOOL] nice . RLIMIT_NICE ( ) ( --system ). ( ). --realtime[=BOOL] (real-time) / PulseAudio. RLIMIT_RTPRIO ( ) rtkit PulseAudio ( --system ). --disallow-module-loading[=BOOL] . . --system ( ). (hot plug) . --disallow-exit[=BOOL] . --exit-idle-time=SECS . . . PulseAudio (login session) PulseAudio . ( lingering). . PulseAudio . --scache-idle-time=SECS (cache) . --log-level[=LEVEL] (verbosity) . error warn notice info debug. notice : error warn notice. -v | --verbose ( --log-level ). . --log-target={auto,syslog,journal,stderr,file:PATH,newfile:PATH} . auto () --daemonize syslog STDERR. journal systemd . file:PATH PATH . newfile:PATH file:PATH . . --log-meta[=BOOL] . --log-time[=BOOL] . --log-backtrace=FRAMES FRAMES (stack trace) . -p | --dl-search-path=PATH (). --resample-method=METHOD ( --dump-resample-methods ). --use-pid-file[=BOOL] PID. . --no-cpu-limit[=BOOL] (CPU) . PulseAudio . ( ). PulseAudio valgrind(1) . --disable-shm[=BOOL] PulseAudio POSIX memfd ( ). PulseAudio . PulseAudio --system ( ). --enable-memfd[=BOOL] PulseAudio memfd -- -- ( ). PulseAudio POSIX . -L | --load="MODULE ARGUMENTS" . -F | --file=FILENAME . . default.pa -n ( ). -C STDIN/STDOUT . PulseAudio . --load=module- cli . -n default.pa ( ) . -C --file . (FILES) ~/.config/pulse/daemon.conf /etc/pulse/daemon.conf: PulseAudio. . pulse-daemon.conf(5) . ~/.config/pulse/default.pa /etc/pulse/default.pa: PulseAudio. . default.pa(5) . ~/.config/pulse/client.conf /etc/pulse/client.conf: PulseAudio. . pulse-client.conf(5) . (SIGNALS) SIGINT, SIGTERM: PulseAudio ( --kill). SIGHUP: STDOUT syslog . SIGUSR1: module-cli STDIN/STDOUT . SIGUSR2: module-cli-protocol-unix AF_UNIX . pacmd(1) . (UNIX GROUPS AND USERS) pulse-access: PulseAudio ( --system ) AF_UNIX . PulseAudio . pulse pulse: PulseAudio ( --system ) (root) . PulseAudio . (REAL-TIME AND HIGH-PRIORITY SCHEDULING) PulseAudio (real-time) . PulseAudio PulseAudio (CPU) . PulseAudio -- (preemption) . PulseAudio rtkit . ( nice ) . --high-priority ( ) PulseAudio daemon.conf . nice RLIMIT_NICE ( setrlimit(2) ) /etc/security/limits.conf . ( nice -11) . (ENVIRONMENT) PulseAudio : $PULSE_SERVER: . . (unix: tcp: tcp4: tcp6:) . . {} . (/etc/machine-id) . $PULSE_SINK: . $PULSE_SOURCE: . $PULSE_BINARY: PulseAudio (autospawn) . $PULSE_CLIENTCONFIG: client.conf ( ) . $PULSE_COOKIE: PulseAudio . ~/.config/pulse/cookie . -- -- client.conf ( ) . (AUTHORS) PulseAudio http://pulseaudio.org . (SEE ALSO) pulse-daemon.conf(5), default.pa(5), pulse-client.conf(5), pacmd(1) User Manuals pulseaudio(1)