From 98235ef532c922ede346689c0b6a6430778e5bd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Felkel <stefan.felkel@besi.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 09:32:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] disable sound if pulseaudio server is not reachable

---
 kazam/app.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kazam/app.py b/kazam/app.py
index cf2c59f..7e55ab5 100644
--- a/kazam/app.py
+++ b/kazam/app.py
@@ -116,8 +116,12 @@ def __init__(self, datadir, dist, debug, test, sound, silent):
         self.last_mode = None
 
         if prefs.sound:
-            prefs.pa_q = pulseaudio_q()
-            prefs.pa_q.start()
+            try:
+                prefs.pa_q = pulseaudio_q()
+                prefs.pa_q.start()
+            except:
+                logger.warning("Pulse Audio Failed to load. Sound recording disabled.")
+                prefs.sound = False
 
         self.mainmenu = MainMenu()