On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:30:01 +0100 Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > One might ask what made 'PulseAudio Output' the default on this system? > > > Would need to know more about your "system" to answer that.... it's a > requirement in several meta-packages. Possibly your DE (you don't say > what you're running). I show Xfce V.4.8 > > Where does one go to see what is the 'default' for these necessary things? > > /etc/init.d and /etc/default will tell you a bit. Thanks for this information > NOTES: the "default" backend for PulseAudio is Xine, you can also choose > VLC. > Linux "sound systems" - are confusing. And PulseAudio cops a lot of FUD. > A good article about it is:- > https://www.linux.com/news/hardware/drivers/8100-why-you-should-care-about-pulseaudio-and-how-to-start-doing-it OK > You mention debian-multimedia earlier in the thread... the upstream > developers (and the debian packagers) have long warned against mixing > multimedia and the main debian repositories. We take our chances. -- ps -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/9jnpp8fn3...@mid.individual.net