On 22/08/2014, Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 08/21/2014 09:34 PM, Martin Read wrote: >> On 22/08/14 00:49, Ric Moore wrote: >> >>> That's why I go off on a rant once in awhile, that pavucontrol needs to >>> be a pulse depend, or users won't have the tool to setup and adjust >>> pulse with. >> >> It's currently a Suggests; I suggest you file a bug report suggesting >> that this should be bumped to Recommends. (I wouldn't go as far as >> Depends, because IMO pulseaudio should not require X11.) > > You're right ...that IS a conundrum! Huh. Funny though, on my > text-mode-only Proxmox Debian based server I don't use sound either. > > -OR- declare alsa or Jack for servers and pulse for Desktops? I hope to > see some debate resolve the case. > > But, as it stands, the lack of pre-installed pavucontrol, on the > desktop, grieves many users who don't know to use it until they've > beaten their brains out ...and this has been the case for years. We > could spare a lot of newer people the grief. :) Ric > >
As a befuddled user, who benefitted from the particular advice on list, to install pavucontrol with pulseaudio, in order to get sound working on a computer, I think, in the context of the above, that having pavucontrol as a "Recommended" package to install with pulseaudio, with some explanation like "GUI configuration tool for pulseaudio", would probably be quite good. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8PNhicwW4+n9hXp6FfoeuWoznZuqc7JXkNoDF=cblo...@mail.gmail.com
