pulseaudio, howto make it work?

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Mon Aug 25 15:05:39 UTC 2008


On Monday 25 August 2008, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>Tim wrote:
>> I've had mixed results with pulseaudio.  I have wondered if we can
>> totally rip it out, or if it's become another one of those "required"
>> things.
>
>What I find completely baffling about pulseaudio
>is that in my case it doesn't seem to make the slightest difference
>whether it is working or not.
>
>Some days what I boot I get the message that pulseaudio is not working,
>and sound is reverting to something else.
>Other days like today I get no such message
>and pulseaudio (-D) is running fine.
>
>But sound works for my modest needs just as well,
>and in exactly the same way as far as I can tell,
>whether pulseaudio is working or not.
>
>What exactly is pulseaudio meant to give someone like me,
>who is only interested in the most basic aspects of computer sound?
>The furthest my ambitions would ever reach
>would be to plug headphones into my laptop and listen to Bob Dylan.

Or in my case, plugging in a headset to use skype or whatever, while listening 
to something from Dylan to Cash on the speakers.

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>Timothy Murphy
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