#!/bin/bash # This script configures pulse to work both in the graphical invironment and in the console with root apps. if [[ $(whoami) != "root" ]]; then # Get the current user's XDG_HOME xdgPath="${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-switch-on-connect load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-anonymous=1 socket=/tmp/pulse.sock' > $xdgPath/pulse/default.pa echo "If you have not yet done so, please run this script as root to write the client.conf file." else # This section does the root part: xdgPath="/root/.config" mkdir -p "$xdgPath/pulse" # 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 $xdgPath/pulse/default.pa, press enter to continue or control+c to abort. " continue fi cat << EOF > "$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 . ## 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 echo "If you have not yet done so, run this script as your normal user to write the user default.pa" fi # 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