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On 6/19/11, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> Daiajo Tibdixious posted on Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:48:23 +1000 as excerpted: |
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>> I installed pulseaudio, added the pulseaudio use flag, and rebuild with |
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>> --newuse. |
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>> I went thru <http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup> logged out & in |
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>> from kde, |
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>> and got no sound at all. |
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>> Rebooted and still no sound, in any application. |
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>> If I mplayer -ao pulse, it opens the sound okay, but no sound is audible |
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>> if I mplayer -ao alsa it can't find the library, I think thats because |
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>> of the rebuild with pulseaudio use flag. |
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>> There is no /dev/dsp device (which is the oss compatibility device). |
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> I believe Barry and I disagree on pulse. It's yet another layer between |
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> the apps and the hardware that can break, and I don't need it, so from my |
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> perspective I'm better off without it. |
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> I've no idea if pulse is similar, tho it would make sense, given you |
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> don't want something blaring unexpectedly so mute-by-default is a very |
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> good policy, but if it is, have you checked that it's not simply muted? |
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Yeah, checking mute/volume is part of the debugging process. |
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At the moment I only have 1 master volume, not the whole rack of |
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volumes in AlSA's mixer, but its not muted nor too low to hear. |
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I think my problem is that my sound card is not defined to pulse, |
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can't find out what to do about it. |
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pulse did seem like a solution to my initial problem. |
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Anyway, I'm hoping solving this problem will help me with my original problem |
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(sound in all but firefox java applet). |
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