Bug#805414: gdm3: disable pulseaudio to prevent capturing A2DP sink on session start

[Michael Biebl]

Am 17.11.2015 um 23:03 schrieb Jérémy Lal:
> Package: gdm3
> Version: 3.18.0-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> i'm using a typical gdm3 / gnome-shell 3.18 install and i connect
> a bluetooth headset.
> At some point in the past (maybe gnome < 3.18 i don't know exactly),
> the headset was appearing in the output list of pulseaudio gnome
> preferences. Now it never appears.
> 
> Reading https://wiki.debian.org/BluetoothUser/a2dp i applied the
> "troubleshooting" section explaining how to prevent GDM from
> capturing A2DP sink on session start. Now it works again.
> 
> So naturally i wonder why it isn't setup like this by default,
> and why would one let gdm3 control sound devices.
> 


We need pulseaudio in the gdm session for accessibility, e.g. the screen
reader requires it.


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