tv: UNIX domain socket based pulseaudio with XMonad controls

2 files changed, 85 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tv/2configs/pulse.nix b/tv/2configs/pulse.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ddc52789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tv/2configs/pulse.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  pkg = pkgs.pulseaudioLight;
+  runDir = "/run/pulse";
+
+  alsaConf = pkgs.writeText "asound.conf" ''
+    ctl_type.pulse {
+      libs.native = ${pkgs.alsaPlugins}/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so;
+    }
+    pcm_type.pulse {
+      libs.native = ${pkgs.alsaPlugins}/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so;
+    }
+    ctl.!default {
+      type pulse
+    }
+    pcm.!default {
+      type pulse
+    }
+  '';
+
+  clientConf = pkgs.writeText "client.conf" ''
+    autospawn=no
+    default-server = unix:${runDir}/socket
+  '';
+
+  configFile = pkgs.writeText "default.pa" ''
+    .include ${pkg}/etc/pulse/default.pa
+    load-module ${toString [
+      "module-native-protocol-unix"
+      "auth-anonymous=1"
+      "socket=${runDir}/socket"
+    ]}
+  '';
+in
+
+{
+  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+    "d ${runDir} 0750 pulse pulse - -"
+    "d ${runDir}/home 0700 pulse pulse - -"
+  ];
+
+  system.activationScripts.pulseaudio-hack = ''
+    ln -fns ${clientConf} /etc/pulse/client.conf
+  '';
+
+  environment = {
+    etc = {
+      "asound.conf".source = alsaConf;
+      #"pulse/client.conf" = lib.mkForce { source = clientConf; };
+      "pulse/default.pa".source = configFile;
+    };
+    systemPackages = [ pkg ];
+  };
+
+  # Allow PulseAudio to get realtime priority using rtkit.
+  security.rtkit.enable = true;
+
+  systemd.services.pulse = {
+    wantedBy = [ "sound.target" ];
+    before = [ "sound.target" ];
+    environment = {
+      PULSE_RUNTIME_PATH = "${runDir}/home";
+      #DISPLAY = ":${toString config.services.xserver.display}";
+    };
+    serviceConfig = {
+      ExecStart = "${pkg}/bin/pulseaudio";
+      User = "pulse";
+    };
+  };
+
+  users = let
+    id = 3768151709; # genid pulse
+  in {
+    groups.pulse.gid = id;
+    users.pulse = {
+      uid = id;
+      group = "pulse";
+      extraGroups = [ "audio" ];
+      home = "${runDir}/home";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tv/2configs/xserver/default.nix b/tv/2configs/xserver/default.nix
index afc2d699c..f56da7dcc 100644
--- a/tv/2configs/xserver/default.nix
+++ b/tv/2configs/xserver/default.nix
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ let
     #! ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
     set -efu
     export PATH; PATH=${makeSearchPath "bin" [
+      # TODO put paths into a Haskell module instead of PATH
+      pkgs.alsaUtils
       pkgs.rxvt_unicode
     ]}:/var/setuid-wrappers
     settle() {(