Re: pulseaudio, howto make it work?

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On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings;
>
> Because many of you said to use it, it worked just fine, I re-installed it all
> and I haven't had any noise from anything but kmail and maybe kino since
> then, kino audio seemingly depending on the phase of the moon, day of thew
> week and possibly multiplied by the age of the raccoon I last killed, now
> many years ago.
>
> Anyway, I'm like the other guy who said all he wants to do is play some
> fscking sound.  Looking up the various pieces in yumex to see what there
> might be for configuration helpers, I try several pieces but they return 0
> output, and all seem to be killable with a ctl-c.
>
> Until I get to padmin, now there is a real Super Informative Name.
>
> padmin displays, on the server tab, a whole menu of alsa stuff, every one of
> which points into the nvidia chipsets builtin ac97 audio on this motgher
> board, and absolutely zero reference is made to the the SBO-400 Audigy 2 card
> that I actually use as the main sound system here, with the nvidia thingy
> being relegated for skype etc usage.
>
> Now, many moons ago, I spent considerable time on this list arriving at
> an /etc/modprobe.conf stanza that made it all work the way I wanted it to
> work.  It looks like this:
> -------------------------
> alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> options snd-emu10k1 index=0
> alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0
> options snd-card-1 index=1
> options snd-intel8x0 index=1
> alias snd-card-2 snd-mpu401
> options snd-card-2 index=2
> options snd-mpu401 index=2
> --------------------------
>
> And if I can get enough of it killed and uninstalled, it will still work as I
> have done exactly that once before.
>
> The pulseaudio wiki/web page has zero info on how to do this unless my speed
> reading is skipping over it somehow, but I've now been over it 5 or 6 times
> without anything raising its hand asking to go wiwi.
>
> If it would help, I can snapshot and post the various screens padmin shows.
> Whoever wrote that gui seems to have left out the ability to clipboard the
> contents. 500 lashes with a wet noodle are in order for that omission.
>
> Also, I get the impression this is an administration program, in which case I
> ought to be able to edit some of this, multiple choices based on the
> available hardware would be nice, but as near as I can tell, nothing is
> editable, so whyinhell call it an admin program when it can't?  Good question
> that..
>
> So how do I go about making pulseaudio work like I want it to work?
>
> URL's for answers is fine, but the pulseaudio web page I was pointed at before
> is effectively all advertising, and about as useful as those appendages on
> the belly of a boar hog.
>


I got no advice.. just questions. Is there anything special about your
install? I have done two F9 installs so far, both with embedded sound
cards however, and have had zero audio issues.

Also, what does `lspci` say about your sound card?

Arthur Pemberton


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