Pulseaudio on Maverick 10.10

[O. Sinclair]

On 12/10/2010 13:22, Valter Mura wrote:
> In data martedì 12 ottobre 2010 12:04:56, O. Sinclair ha scritto:
>
>> On 12/10/2010 11:36, Valter Mura wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> with the new release in subject (Maverick 10.10), the system changed the
>>> handling of the audio, at least for me, from alsa to pulseaudio.
>>>
>>> Now my microphone doesn't work (I tried it with Skype, that I use) and in
>>> the setting interface of the mixer there are no options to set channels
>>> and devices.
>>>
>>> Is there anybody who knows how to get solved this problem, keeping the
>>> pulseaudio server? Or is it  necessary to open a bug?
>>
>> In a way I see it as a bug, I had the same experience as you. However,
>> digging the list archives I found that if you install pavucontrol from
>> Kpackagekit (or whatever you prefer) that gives you the setting options
>> you need.
>>
>> I managed to get my built-in mic selected and working using that. Now I
>> would like to see a System Settings module for this though...
>
> Thank you Sinclair,
>
> do I need to disactivate KMix app? Or can they live together?
>
> I will submit these considerations to the devel list, by the way.
On my computer KMix works as a volume control now, there are also tabs 
for "streams" that come active when I eg play music via Amarok. So yes, 
it seems they can interact. The "only" thing missing from KMix now seems 
to be what we mentioned, choice of active mic input etc.

Best
Sinclair