On 25/01/12 10:45, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:32:34 +0100, Raven wrote: > >> Hi guys. >> I have a fairly new install of sid with the new fancy gnome3 and all the >> eye-candy tweaks. I don't really like it, but that's another story.. >> >> Anyway, before reinstalling sid I used to have the sound coming from >> ALSA..it was working great. Mic worked, SPDIF worked and I had real >> control over the volume level. >> Now I'm running pulseaudio. Which sucks!
No - it's just different to what you're used to. People said the same thing about ALSA (and aRTS). If OSS is all you'll ever need - it works fine with kfreebsd. But the strength of Pulse is that it allows you to use all the different sound systems. >> Digital out is mute, sound >> level seems to be reduced by 60-70% and I haven't even started trying to >> configure it for HDMI. Because you're trying to use ALSA as the master sound system. >> I would really want to go back to ALSA, but I'm kind of afraid that it >> might break my install. Good move. You'll discover the minor pain of learning Pulse is a very profitable investment. >> I tried following some ubuntu howtos but I >> always end up with aptitude wanting to remove gnome-desktop-environment. Ignore Ubunto documentation - it's fine for Ubuntu but when you're using Debian... (tail - dog, organ-grinder - monkey). >> Does any one have experience on how to go about for replacing >> pulseaudio? Yes. There are no shortage of audio flat-earther luddites :-) I'd suggest you read Aesop's fable about the fox losing it's tail before automatically following their advice. The real question is "should I replace pulse?" and the answer is "no". :-) > Or maybe some tips? Yes. You should start by searching this list - the same question has been asked before. If it's not immediately howto do so - look at my signature. http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=12497 > > ALSA is not an alternative to PulseAudio; PA sits *on top of* ALSA and > directs traffic. By default you probably have both installed, which is as > it should be. > > When PA was first released, it was a bit awkward to deal with, as Lennart > Poettering's stuff tends to be. Hence there were many wails and howtos on > removing PA, which can easily be found by Googling. > > But PA is fine now. Perhaps the fine ALSA and PA manuals will help. > > Exactly as Walter says. Cheers -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ NOTE: new update available for Debian Buttons (New button for querying Debian Developer Package):- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/debian-buttons/ -- 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/4f1f5317.8040...@gmail.com
