Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> writes: > On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 19:51:53 +1000 > Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:38 PM, <berenger.morel@neutralite.org> >> wrote: >> > except that each time I have read a reference to PA, it was to say >> > that it does not work correctly, and often, removing it seemed to >> > solve the problem? >> >> PulseAudio does have its problems (I don't use it, because my sound >> card is a bit weird; I uninstalled PA and built ALSA from source, and >> everything's working, if a little fragile - this should not be taken >> as indicative), but with anything that's often installed by default, >> you'll hear advice to remove it more often than to install it, because >> the posts you're reading start from a standpoint of "my system has a >> problem". (People don't go around saying, "Hi, my system's working >> perfectly, what should I keep?". At least, I haven't heard much of >> that.) >> >> So, what's the general feeling? Is PA something that should be removed >> at first whiff of a problem, or is it a perfectly good program that >> cops an unfair reputation because of that selection bias? >> >> ChrisA > > Hi Chris, > > I've always figured (mistakenly, apparently) that one *needs* > PulseAudio, so I've always had it plus ALSA. I have no Mental Model of > the Linux sound system, so when my sound goes out, I keep messing with > everything until I get it fixed. One thing I use a lot of is text mode > alsamixer. I'll often find something muted. > > I look forward to hearing how other people do or don't work with > PulseAudio (and ALSA) in this thread. > This post might help: http://voices.canonical.com/david.henningsson/2011/12/08/audio-debugging-techniques/ -- regards, kushal
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