Quick script to help configure pulse to work both in the console and on the desktop.

src/utils/configure_pulse.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script configures pulse to work both in the graphical invironment and in the console with root apps.
+
+# Make sure we aren't started as root:
+if [[ $(whoami) = "root" ]]; then
+    echo "Please don't start this script with root priveleges, the script will call sudo when needed."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get the current user's XDG_HOME
+xdgPath="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}"
+
+# Warn user if we are going to overwrite an existing default.pa
+if [ -f "$xdgPath/pulse/default.pa" ]; then
+    read -p "This will replace the current file located at $xdgPath/pulse/default.pa, press enter to continue or control+c to abort. " continue
+fi
+echo '.include /etc/pulse/default.pa
+load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-anonymous=1 socket=/tmp/pulse.sock' > $xdgPath/pulse/default.pa
+
+# This section does the root part:
+read -p "This next sections requires root priveleges.. If you don't have access to sudo, please control c to abort this script, if you can use sudo, press enter to continue. " continue
+
+
+# Get root's 's XDG_HOME
+xdgPath="$(sudo bash -c '${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}')"
+
+# Warn user if we are going to overwrite an existing default.pa
+if [ -f "$xdgPath/pulse/default.pa" ]; then
+    read -p "This will replace the current file located at $xdgPath/pulse/default.pa, press enter to continue or control+c to abort. " continue
+fi
+
+sudo cat << EOF > "$xdgPath/pulse/client.conf"
+# This file is part of PulseAudio.
+#
+# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## Configuration file for PulseAudio clients. See pulse-client.conf(5) for
+## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
+## commenting.
+
+; default-sink =
+; default-source =
+default-server = unix:/tmp/pulse.sock 
+; default-dbus-server =
+
+autospawn = no
+; autospawn = yes
+; daemon-binary = /usr/bin/pulseaudio
+; extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog
+
+; cookie-file =
+
+; enable-shm = yes
+; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB
+
+; auto-connect-localhost = no
+; auto-connect-display = no
+EOF
+
+# If there were no errors tell user to restart, else warn them errors happened.
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+echo "Configuration created succeswsfully, restart pulse, or your system, for changes to take affect."
+else
+echo "Errors were encountered while writing the configuration. please correct them manually."
+fi
+exit 0