Re: [gentoo-user] recovering plain alsa [WAS:]: no sound on upgraded Firefox from 7 to 8 - using pulse audio

[Dale]

Francisco Ares wrote:
> Thank you all who replied my last messages.
>
> Now I am back to plain alsa, but no two programs can use it at the
> same time. Alsa drivers are built on the kernel, and I have the
> following packages installed:
>
> media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.24.1:0
> media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10.35:0.10
> media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2-r1:0.9
>
> The two first ones were puled by emerging "alsa-utils".
>
> I have lost "/etc/asound.conf", and I guess this is the key.  Looking
> to which package it belongs to, "equery" found none. I have put a
> quite simple version (as explained here:
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/ALSA#Default_Sound_Device)
> <http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/ALSA#Default_Sound_Device%29>::
>
> pcm.!default { type hw card Intel }
> ctl.!default { type hw card Intel }
>
> Any hints on how can I get all programs to mix up as before?
>
> Thanks again
> Francisco
>
> --
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> you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and
> I have one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have
> two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw


I build my audio drivers into my kernel.  I also have these alsa related 
packages installed:

root@fireball / # equery list *alsa*
  * Searching for *alsa* ...
[IP-] [  ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.24.1:0
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10.35:0.10
[IP-] [  ] media-sound/alsa-headers-1.0.24:0
[IP-] [  ] media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2-r1:0.9
[IP-] [  ] media-sound/alsamixergui-0.9.0.1.2-r4:0
root@fireball / #

See if yours looks something like this.  I can watch videos and other 
programs play sound at the same time.

Dale

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