On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 09:33 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 09:10 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 10 sep 12, 22:13:06, Stephen Powell wrote: > > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:55:36 -0400 (EDT), Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > I use the first method with cdtool. Let's get the obvious out of the > > > > way. You're in the cdrom and audio groups. The cable is connected > > > > correctly and securely. The speakers are connected correctly to the > > > > output of the sound card. > > > > > > I can confirm that my userid is in the cdrom and audio groups. I haven't > > > checked the cable connections yet, but I plan to do that tomorrow. > > > But the problem seems to be more systemic. I can't seem to get aplay > > > to work on a .wav file. It runs, and it generates messages on the > > > screen, but no sound. > > > > What does > > > > speaker-test -c2 -t wav > > > > do (both as user and root)? > > > > > > Pulseaudio isn't on my system but isn't it a daemon? Wouldn't stopping > > > > it allow you to eliminate it as a cause? > > > > > > pulseaudio is a "depends" (not a "recommends") dependency of gnome-core; > > > so I can't de-install it. > > > > Assuming you really want to keep Gnome there are several workarounds for > > that: > > - just remove the gnome-core metapackage and keep all other dependencies > > - equivs (either build a replacement metapackage or a replacement > > dependency) > > - dpkg --force-depends > > There are two ways to get rid of pulseaudio: > 1. Compile gnome-settings-daemon with --disable-pulse, if Debian didn't > change something, this is the part that upstream makes hard depend on > pulseaudio. Take a look at the Arch PKGBUILD > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=48718 . > 2. Build an empty dummy package.
BUILD A DUMMY PACKAGE FOR pulseaudio. Don't build it for the lib, not for a meta package and not for the gnome-settings-daemon. > I did this for Debian and I'm using one > for Arch. > It's easy to build a dummy package for Debian using equivs. This howto > isn't obsolete: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-helpers.en.html > > Regards, > Ralf -- 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/1347348977.1260.21.camel@localhost.localdomain
