another pulseaudio horror story

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Tue Jan 8 00:35:14 UTC 2008


Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Tom Horsley wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:37:37 -0600
>> "Steven P. Ulrick" <lists-fedora at afolkey2.net> wrote:
>>
>>> BUT, then I read your message and I ran "yum remove
>>> kde-settings-pulseaudio alsa-plugins-pulseaudio" and I got my sound
>>> back with no further steps whatsoever :)
>>
>> One additional obscure bit: If you run any SDL based programs that
>> need audio, you'll also need to "unset SDL_AUDIODRIVER" in your .bashrc
>> file (or remove the /etc/profile.d/SDL_pulseaudio_hack.* files).
>> (It is unfortunate that those files are in the main SDL rpm
>> instead of being separated into an SDL-pulseaudio rpm that could
>> simply be removed).
>
> It might be a acceptable improvement if an RFE is filed.
>
> Rahul
>
    I am now subscibed to pulseaudio list and was told to read the web 
page. I did and when I clicked on Fedora it took me to the Fedora 
Bugzilla and showed a very busy bug. It made me think this software is 
not ready for prime time...

Karl


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