cava: Cava fails to start on arch linux
Just updated cava to 0.6.0, and when I start it I am greeted with:
sndio.c: Could not set required audio parameters
I checked the AUR page and saw that sndio needs to be installed. I installed it and rebuilt cava, but I still have the error.
EDIT. cava -v tells me I’m on 0.6.0, but when I uninstall the cava package it tells me it has version 0.6.1-2.
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- State: closed
- Created 4 years ago
- Comments: 35 (19 by maintainers)
Commits related to this issue
- #354 prioritize pulseaudio before sndio on arch some people seem to have sndio installed but not pipewire. Therefore cava defaults to sndio. #538 — committed to karlstav/cava by karlstav 5 months ago
this issue was re-introduce in 0.10.0, it is fixed in 0.10.1.
as a workaround yo can do:
just remove the
;in front of pulse.i checked everything was following this post i am having the same issue right now dk why