alsa problems?

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On Jan 27, 2008 6:01 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 13:51 -0200, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Jan 27, 2008 12:10 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >         On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 19:15 -0500, Jelena i Zoran wrote:
> >         > Jelena i Zoran wrote:
> >         > > Frank Cox wrote:
> >         > > > On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:37:43 -0500
> >         > > > Jelena i Zoran <mr.macos at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >         > > >
> >         > > >
> >         > > > > I searched the web, others seem to have the same issue
> >         with xmms but no
> >         > > > > answers were provided.
> >         > > > >
> >         > > >
> >         > > >
> >
> http://crazedmuleproductions.blogspot.com/2007/10/xmms-error-alsasetupmixer-failed-to.html
> >         > > >
> >         > > > (That's the first link when I ran your error message
> >         through google.  I recall
> >         > > > having exactly the same problem when I set up F8 and
> >         that's the fix.)
> >         > > >
> >         > > >
> >         > > Thanks for your reply.
> >         > > I found that link but it did not help.
> >         > > My card is M Audio Audiophile 24/96.
> >         > > The choices I have under the arrow described in the link
> >         above are:
> >         > > ADC, DAC, Multi, Multi Track Peak, Multi Track Volume
> >         Rate.
> >         > > Some of these repeat several times. I tried them all and
> >         none works.
> >         > > So I think the issue is with alsa since snd does not work
> >         either.
> >         > > I went from FC4 to FC8 and both xmms and snd worked there.
> >         > >
> >
> >         My observation is that nothing alsa works in F8 when
> >         pulseaudio is
> >         installed.
> >
> > My experience is the opposite.  I have everything working  with
> > pulseaudio installed,
> > including skype, xvidcap, ohphone, mythtv, xine, mplayer, vlc, xmms,
> > audacious, etc ... But  it is necessary
> > some knowledge about alsa configuration to bypass
> > pulseaudio when it is necessary. This can be accomplished by writing
> > an adequate ~/.asoundrc, or using the esd plugin.
> >
> The key is the word everything. alsa does not work if pulseaudio is
> installed. pulseaudio is a substiture for alsa.
> >
>

Pulseaudio is not a substitute for alsa. It is just  another software layer
on top of Alsa, the
same way compiz is not a substitute for X.


-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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