<manpage name="pulse-daemon.conf" section="5" desc="PulseAudio daemon configuration file">
<synopsis>
- <p><file>~/.pulse/daemon.conf</file></p>
+ <p><file>~/.config/pulse/daemon.conf</file></p>
<p><file>@PA_DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/daemon.conf</file></p>
</synopsis>
<description>
<p>The PulseAudio sound server reads configuration directives from
- a file <file>~/.pulse/daemon.conf</file> on startup and when that
+ a file <file>~/.config/pulse/daemon.conf</file> on startup and when that
file doesn't exist from
<file>@PA_DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/daemon.conf</file>. Please note that the
server also reads a configuration script on startup
</option>
<option>
- <p><opt>enable-lfe-remixing=</opt> if disabeld when upmixing or
- downmixing ignore LFE channels. When this option is dsabled the
+ <p><opt>enable-lfe-remixing=</opt> If disabled when upmixing or
+ downmixing ignore LFE channels. When this option is disabled the
output LFE channel will only get a signal when an input LFE
channel is available as well. If no input LFE channel is
available the output LFE channel will always be 0. If no output
<option>
<p><opt>use-pid-file=</opt> Create a PID file in the runtime directory
- (<file>$HOME/.pulse/*-runtime/pid</file>). If this is enabled you may
+ (<file>$XDG_RUNTIMEDIR/pulse/pid</file>). If this is enabled you may
use commands like <opt>--kill</opt> or <opt>--check</opt>. If
you are planning to start more than one PulseAudio process per
user, you better disable this option since it effectively
argument takes precedence.</p>
</option>
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>local-server-type=</opt> Please don't use this option if
+ you don't have to! This option is currently only useful when you
+ want D-Bus clients to use a remote server. This option may be
+ removed in future versions. If you only want to run PulseAudio
+ in the system mode, use the <opt>system-instance</opt> option.
+ This option takes one of <opt>user</opt>, <opt>system</opt> or
+ <opt>none</opt> as the argument. This is essentially a duplicate
+ for the <opt>system-instance</opt> option. The difference is the
+ <opt>none</opt> option, which is useful when you want to use a
+ remote server with D-Bus clients. If both this and
+ <opt>system-instance</opt> are defined, this option takes
+ precedence. Defaults to whatever the <opt>system-instance</opt>
+ is set.</p>
+ </option>
+
<option>
<p><opt>enable-shm=</opt> Enable data transfer via POSIX
shared memory. Takes a boolean argument, defaults to
<option>
<p><opt>dl-search-path=</opt> The path were to look for dynamic
shared objects (DSOs/plugins). You may specify more than one
- path seperated by colons. The default path depends on compile
+ path separated by colons. The default path depends on compile
time settings. The <opt>--dl-search-path</opt> command line
option takes precedence. </p>
</option>
<p><opt>default-script-file=</opt> The default configuration
script file to load. Specify an empty string for not loading a
default script file. The default behaviour is to load
- <file>~/.pulse/default.pa</file>, and if that file does not
+ <file>~/.config/pulse/default.pa</file>, and if that file does not
exist fall back to the system wide installed version
<file>@PA_DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/default.pa</file>. If run in system-wide
mode the file <file>@PA_DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/system.pa</file> is used
<option>
<p><opt>log-target=</opt> The default log target. Use either
- <opt>stderr</opt>, <opt>syslog</opt> or <opt>auto</opt>. The
- latter is equivalent to <opt>sylog</opt> in case
- <opt>daemonize</opt> is enabled, otherwise to
- <opt>stderr</opt>. Defaults to <opt>auto</opt>. The
- <opt>--log-target</opt> command line option takes
- precedence.</p>
+ <opt>stderr</opt>, <opt>syslog</opt>, <opt>auto</opt>,
+ <opt>file:PATH</opt> or <opt>newfile:PATH</opt>. <opt>auto</opt> is
+ equivalent to <opt>sylog</opt> in case <opt>daemonize</opt> is enabled,
+ otherwise to <opt>stderr</opt>. If set to <opt>file:PATH</opt>, logging
+ is directed to the file indicated by PATH. <opt>newfile:PATH</opt> is
+ otherwise the same as <opt>file:PATH</opt>, but existing files are never
+ overwritten. If the specified file already exists, a suffix is added to
+ the file name to avoid overwriting. Defaults to <opt>auto</opt>. The
+ <opt>--log-target</opt> command line option takes precedence.</p>
</option>
<option>
<option>
<p><opt>log-backtrace=</opt> When greater than 0, with each
- logged message log a code stack trace up the the specified
+ logged message log a code stack trace up the specified
number of stack frames. Defaults to <opt>0</opt>.</p>
</option>
<opt>s16be</opt>, <opt>s24le</opt>, <opt>s24be</opt>,
<opt>s24-32le</opt>, <opt>s24-32be</opt>, <opt>s32le</opt>,
<opt>s32be</opt> <opt>float32le</opt>, <opt>float32be</opt>,
- <opt>ulaw</opt>, <opt>alaw</opt>. Depending on the endianess of
+ <opt>ulaw</opt>, <opt>alaw</opt>. Depending on the endianness of
the CPU the formats <opt>s16ne</opt>, <opt>s16re</opt>,
<opt>s24ne</opt>, <opt>s24re</opt>, <opt>s24-32ne</opt>,
<opt>s24-32re</opt>, <opt>s32ne</opt>, <opt>s32re</opt>,
or 48kHz. Switching between default and alternate values is
enabled only when the sinks/sources are suspended. This option
is ignored in passthrough mode where the stream rate will be used.
- If set to zero, this feature is disabled.</p>
+ If set to the same as the default sample rate, this feature is
+ disabled.</p>
</option>
</section>