[K12OSN] Pulse Audio Sound Volume Applet with k12ltsp 6.0 -- any tips?
Tom Wolfe
twolfe at sawback.com
Sun Jan 27 19:16:49 UTC 2008
Nils, I've tried these various options and always run into issues with
getting SOUND to work in the end. With 6.0 it was ridiculously easy.
If only I could get the Pulse Audio sound volume applet to work in 6.0 then
I'd be really happy. Any tips from anyone??
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Nils Breunese [mailto:nils at breun.nl]
Sent: January 27, 2008 08:43
To: Tom Wolfe; Support list for open source software in schools.
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Morley's Great K12LTSP labs - update
Tom Wolfe wrote:
> OK that settles the question of whether to go 5.0 EL or not -- if I
> have to struggle another nanosecond with getting flash to work with
> 64-bit I don't want anything to do with it. I'd rather run the risk
> of being hacked and cracked, and that's the truth. Although I side
> with the philosophical arguments, my teachers demand flash with
> sound as their #1 priority, way above Office compatibility for
> example.
>
> WRT disadvantages of Edubuntu -- the disadvantages for me anyhow
> were numerous. Getting flash to work with 64-bit operating system
> proved a futile exercise, and I ran into all kinds of little
> glitches along the way. I won't go into details. That said it's got
> great curb appeal, and I hope that their spring 2008 version has
> more promise because it could be worth another look.
If only Adobe would just be capable of creating a 64-bit version of
their Flash Player...
Nils Breunese.
P.S.1. We run a K12LTSP 5EL server with 64-bit Firefox and
nspluginwrapper to be able to use the 32-bit Flash Player. That works
fine, but I don't know about sound (and whether the whole 64-bit
versus 32-bit thing has anything to do with it).
P.S.2. Others just install Firefox 32-bit on their 64-bit OS and that
apparently works just fine as well. Don't know if that helps with
sound though.
P.S.3. Apparently Opera 9.5 will support running the 32-bit Flash
Player plugin under the 64-bit version of Opera out-of-the-box.
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