7 May
2022
7 May
'22
2:28 p.m.
On Fri, 6 May 2022 18:15:18 -0700
William Morder via tde-users <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
Not sure if this is a strictly TDE problem or not, but
I did spend some
time trying to restart or reconfigure the sound system. (TCC / Sound &
Multimedia / Sound System)
When I first got this machine, I did have some problems getting it to
work without pulseaudio, as I prefer alsa. Since then, it has been a
battle of unseen forces, with pulseaudio and alsa apparently competing
for control of my sound.
There is something that should be mentioned in any linux beginner guides and
any sound config guides, but instead is an obscure knowledge - PULSE DOESNT
HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE SOUND SYSTEM, it can perfectly function as 2nd level
sound server akin to JACK.
All you have to do is in system.pa comment out this line
#load-module module-udev-detect
and in default.pa add 2 lines referencing alsa device you want pulse to use
load-module module-alsa-sink device=dmixplug
load-module module-alsa-source device=dsnoopplug
this should be "hw:X,X" if you have real sound card with hardware mixer, or
whatever you called the software mixer you setup in /etc/asound.conf for
no-mixer hardware
and then delete/rename /usr/share/alsa/pulse-alsa.conf to prevent default
output switching to pulse
--
Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky(a)gmail.com)