Hi Knute, you say that you used a user unit file file in .config/systemd/user/, but the output from the status command is a report from a system unit file in /lib/systemd/system/fluidsynth.service.
If you want to use user-unit files, you need to prefix all systemctl commands with --user. So you could try the following: First make sure your system-wide fluidsynth unit is stopped: $ sudo systemctl stop fluidsynth Then reload your user-systemd just to be on the safe side: $ systemctl --user daemon-reload Then try to activate your user-unit and check it's status: $ systemctl --user start fluidsynth $ systemctl --user status fluidsynth Cheers Marcus Am Do., 6. Aug. 2020 um 23:08 Uhr schrieb Knute Snortum <ksnor...@gmail.com>: > > Thanks, Ceresa, I read that whole thread but it doesn't seem to apply > to my situation. > > I am on Ubuntu 20.04, using systemd now to try to start FluidSynth. I > learned that PulseAudio won't start as root, so I added my service to > ~/.config/systemd/user. It looks like this: > > [Unit] > Description=FluidSynth launched in server mode > After=sound.target > > [Service] > ExecStart=/usr/bin/fluidsynth -a pulseaudio -m alsa_seq -i -l -s -p > FluidSynth /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 > > [Install] > WantedBy=default.target > > But when I do a systemctl status fluidsynth, I see this: > > fluidsynth.service - FluidSynth > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fluidsynth.service; enabled; > vendor preset: enabled) > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2020-08-06 08:47:37 > PDT; 5h 6min ago > Process: 838 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fluidsynth -a pulseaudio -m > alsa_seq /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 (code=exited, > status=255/EXCEPTION) > Main PID: 838 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION) > > Aug 06 08:47:36 knute-NUC7PJYH systemd[1]: Started FluidSynth. > Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: fluidsynth: error: > Failed to create PulseAudio connection > Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: Failed to create the > audio driver > Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: FluidSynth runtime version > 2.1.1 > Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: Copyright (C) > 2000-2020 Peter Hanappe and others. > Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: Distributed under the > LGPL license. > Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH fluidsynth[838]: SoundFont(R) is a > registered trademark of E-mu Systems, Inc. > Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH systemd[1]: fluidsynth.service: Main > process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION > Aug 06 08:47:37 knute-NUC7PJYH systemd[1]: fluidsynth.service: Failed > with result 'exit-code'. > > Any ideas why the PulseAudio connection fails? > > --- > Knute Snortum > (via Gmail) > > > --- > Knute Snortum > (via Gmail) > > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 2:41 PM Ceresa Jean-Jacques > <jean-jacques.cer...@orange.fr> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > >How would you start FluidSynth at startup automatically? - > > > > > > > > Here possible solution. > > > > https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/fluid-dev/2020-01/msg00032.html > > > > jjc > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > fluid-dev mailing list > > fluid-dev@nongnu.org > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev > > _______________________________________________ > fluid-dev mailing list > fluid-dev@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev _______________________________________________ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev
