On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:44:21AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
My most recent experience with PulseAudio came when I noticed
that WoW (run through Wine) was producing crackling, stuttering
sound again; this was during the late months before the wheezy
release.
I tried half-a-dozen things, without noticeable change (except
for the things which led to no sound at all); eventually I
noticed that some PulseAudio packages had been installed,
apparently as recommendations or dependencies of other things. I
tried a few things to disable use of PulseAudio without removing
it, without affecting the problem; I then removed all *pulse*
packages I could, and the problem was gone.
Me too, and I don't even use a DE! One day sound just stopped
working. Removing all of the *pulse* packages I could got sound
working again. I didn't mess with anything either.
If there _suddenly_ appears a bad smell in your house and you find
the cause, do you a) Remove the cause? b) Waste time by trying to
find out why it smells?