Fedora Users — Re: alsa problems?

On Jan 27, 2008 6:01 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 13:51 -0200, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
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> On Jan 27, 2008 12:10 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
> > >
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> 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.

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Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ