On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:32:03 +0000, Steve Kleene wrote: > Sometime in the last month or two a regular upgrade of my Wheezy systems > caused them to start running /usr/bin/pulseaudio.
(...) Yes, it is a requirement at least for the "gnome-core" metapackage. For others DE I can't tell. (...) > Did pulseaudio replace some other audio system? In GNOME, yes. At least is now the default instead ESD: https://live.gnome.org/PulseAudio > If I shut it down will I have no sound? (I'll try this if no one > happens to know the answer.) You will have not sound unless you install an additional audio system as a replacement that is compatible with your current DE/WM :-) > And what's in these .pulse-cookie files? I'm leery of anything with > "cookie" in its name. Hum... "man 5 pulse-client.conf" says: *** cookie-file= Specify the path to the PulseAudio authentication cookie. Defaults to ~/.pulse-cookie. *** Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.12.01.18.58...@gmail.com
