Pulseaudio on Maverick 10.10

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 06:41 +0200, O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 13/10/2010 02:49, Ric Moore wrote:

> > Not with Ubuntu. Rarely do I read of an unsupported sound device, on
> > that list, being unsupported or broken. I have 5.1 sound, pro-audio USB
> > headset (plus mike) and a web-cam (mike), all properly detected and
> > switchable-to on the fly with zero problems. I mean, it is So KeWl!
> > That's why I install Ubuntu first. Kubuntu had it borked and apparently
> > still does. I love KDE as my desktop. But, it's like "love the sinner,
> > but hate the sin". Ric
> >
> >
> Ric, good that you have tinkered around with this for some time. 
> However, for most of us it is a first as PulseAudio was not even 
> installed on Kubuntu pre 10.10.

Huh, I thought that was the deal, that pulse would be supported natively
in 10.10. 

> And most of us now find that apps like pavucontrol and whatever they are 
> called are:
> NOT installed by default
> NO KDE app resembling them installed by default or as far as I/we 
> understand even existing yet.
> 
> If you google for KDE Pulseaudio I get a hint that OpenSuse have 
> something and someone has created a widget, yet to find out details 
> about that.
> 
> IN short: for most of us ALSA worked fine, PulseAudio needs tinkering 
> "outside KDE or Kubuntu apps" to work.

Oh, I liked just using alsa with that little alsa control app that
selected inputs and outputs. But, that got killed off when someone
pulled out some alsa util from the package. That was around karmic. So,
I couldn't just switch from my external speakers to my headphones, to
not bug the rest of the family when they went to bed. THAT jerked me off
no end, as what worked become crippled. Before I didn't need no stinkin'
pulse. I'm no coder, so I was stuck like chuck with a 3rd class audio
setup. I got so jerked off that I installed Ubuntu to see if that darn
thing (pulse) would work at all. (Jaunty) And, it did! Better yet, I
could switch sources on the fly! Woo! Woo! I held my breath and
installed KDE along with gnome. It still worked! Ergo, something in
kubuntu land is seriously broken. Especially if a ham handed tree
swinging ape like me has it going. Sorry. Xine appears to be the culprit
turning audio levels to zero. Ric
 
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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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