From b8a7310d32bb6a7eba1c8a1213c7dd42f0428f0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amin Bandali Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:04:25 -0500 Subject: Pacify pulseaudio and libcanberra to cope with randomized machine-id --- .local/bin/pacify-pulseaudio | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100755 .local/bin/pacify-pulseaudio (limited to '.local') diff --git a/.local/bin/pacify-pulseaudio b/.local/bin/pacify-pulseaudio new file mode 100755 index 0000000..18d6ee5 --- /dev/null +++ b/.local/bin/pacify-pulseaudio @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +# Copyright (c) 2024 Amin Bandali +# +# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, +# are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright +# notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, +# without any warranty. + +# pulseaudio is trash and insists on using machine-id as a prefix for +# its database filenames under ~/.config/pulse. So, on systems with +# randomized machine-ids like Devuan GNU/Linux it shits the bed and +# can't find its own database files. So we do its job for it and +# rename its database files on each boot. Ditto for libcanberra's +# event sound cache database. + +cur_id_path=/var/lib/dbus/machine-id +prev_id_path="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/tmp-prevmid" +cur_id="$(cat $cur_id_path)" +prev_id="$(cat $prev_id_path)" + +for f in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pulse/$prev_id-* \ + $XDG_CACHE_HOME/event-sound-cache.tdb.$prev_id.*; do + fnew="$(echo $f | sed "s/$prev_id/$cur_id/")" + mv $f $fnew +done + +cp -p $cur_id_path $prev_id_path -- cgit v1.2.3-60-g2f50