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walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 01/24/2012 01:14 PM, covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > Hi. I am upgrading gnome to gnome3 and I find that at least |
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> > gnome-control-center wants pulseaudio, but I hate pulseaudio and, if |
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> > possible, don't want to install it at all. I did configure |
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> > package.provided to not compile, but gnome-control-center seems to |
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> > require it. Anyway to get around this? |
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> I feel the same, and I've started using xfce4 instead of gnome3 because |
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> they don't require any sound daemon (yet) and the new gnome-shell won't |
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> run on my old video hardware anyway. |
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> I just scanned through the gnome-control-center code looking for clues |
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> about pulse and found no sign that pulse is voluntary. There are no |
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> config options to enable or disable pulse, so it appears that pulse is |
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> here to stay in gnome3. |
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> <oldfart> |
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> I doubt that one in a hundred computer users would know how to use pulse |
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> to fix sound problems even *if* pulse is the right solution. A long way |
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> yet to go before pulse will be anything but a curse to me :( |
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> </oldfart> |
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Yep, I agree. So what would happen if I installed pulse and just didn't |
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start the thing, what would I lose then? |
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Seems like a waste of disk space to me. |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |
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