On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu 11 Oct 2012 at 10:21:54 -0300, Alejandro Santos wrote: > >> >> My workaround so far was to remove the execution permissions on >> PulseAdio with: chmod a-x /usr/bin/pulseaudio > > The Debian way: > > update-rc.d pulseaudio disable >
By default, PulseAudio is on Debian Wheezy configured not to start as an init.d SysV daemon. That won't work. >> 2. I can't purge the package with "aptitude purge pulseaudio" since >> the package "pulseaudio" is a dependency on "gnome-core". After >> killing PulseAudio, the sound works fine. I'm a software developer >> myself, and I can't help keep asking myself, why is PulseAudio an >> strong dependency on Gnome? What advantages does PulseAudio gives me >> as a user over good ol' ALSA? > > I'm just a user and I ask myself, why install gnome-core when all the > bits and pieces to make a customised GNOME are in the archive? > Since I am not a native English speaker I must be missing something in the translation on my head. Can you explain further this comment? Thanks, -- Alejandro Santos -- 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/CAKMi1Tx_Y1-3KneMN1qjvkPkcgDtHoRRtpqM6_Cga8nD=ma...@mail.gmail.com