---------------------------------------- > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:06:25 -0700 > From: olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: F11 and PulseAudio > > >>> Before taking a shotgun and killing pulseaudio, try to >> stop it from running and see if the CPU goes back to >> normal? >>> >>> I saw on another list that killing pulseaudio and not >> removing it should help in some way? >>> >>> Hope you can see if that is true if you don't mind of >> course. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Antonio >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- > >> Yes you are right. Problem is that pulseaudio is always >> started automatically. >> >> I would like to stop that from hapening. >> Also, I discovered that the media players themselves in >> FC11 are compiled >> to run with pulseaudio. To wit: >> yum install mplayer gnome-mplayer mplayer-gui >> gnome-mplayer-minimal gnome-mplayer-nautilus >> gnome-mplayer-common mplayer-doc >> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit >> Setting up Install Process >> Resolving Dependencies >> --> Running transaction check >> ---> Package gnome-mplayer.i586 0:0.9.6-1.fc11 set to be >> updated >> ---> Package gnome-mplayer-common.i586 0:0.9.6-1.fc11 >> set to be updated >> ---> Package gnome-mplayer-minimal.i586 0:0.9.6-1.fc11 >> set to be updated >> ---> Package gnome-mplayer-nautilus.i586 0:0.9.6-1.fc11 >> set to be updated >> ---> Package mplayer.i586 0:1.0-0.109.20090329svn.fc11 >> set to be updated >> --> Processing Dependency: libpulse.so.0(PULSE_0) for >> package: mplayer-1.0-0.109.20090329svn.fc11.i586 >> --> Processing Dependency: libpulse.so.0 for package: >> mplayer-1.0-0.109.20090329svn.fc11.i586 >> ---> Package mplayer-doc.i586 >> 0:1.0-0.109.20090329svn.fc11 set to be updated >> ---> Package mplayer-gui.i586 >> 0:1.0-0.109.20090329svn.fc11 set to be updated >> --> Running transaction check >> ---> Package pulseaudio-libs.i586 0:0.9.15-14.fc11 set >> to be updated >> --> Finished Dependency Resolution >> >> So, how do I tell mplayer and other media players to NOT >> use pulseaudio? >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ > > Two or more ways > > 1) > $ pulseaudio -k > from man > -k --kill Kill a running daemon > > 2) in ~/.mplayer/config > > add a line > ao = alsa > > 3) or from command line switch > > $ mplayer options -ao alsa > > directly use alsa instead of ao=pulse > > I have noticed that if I install mplayer via rpmfusion or other repo, it(mplayer) uses pulse by default, but if I compile from source it uses the > best -ao option available. Just an observation. > > Hope this helps in some way. > > Regards, > > Antonio > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Thanx!! ao = alsa did it. Appreciate the tips. Pulseaudio daemon is no longer running. Cheers, MM _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Celebrate the moment with your favorite sports pics. Check it out. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_photos_072009&cat=sports -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
