Just a note of thanks to Joel, Andrei and Florent. :) I'll carry my situation to the Audio users list and see what happens. Thanks for the time and the courteous comments.
--hobie > On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 04:56:12AM -0500, ho...@rumormillnews.com wrote: >> > On Jo, 27 nov 14, 03:03:33, ho...@rumormillnews.com wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 05:55:24PM -0500, ho...@rumormillnews.com >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Do you know if pulseaudio is installed? >> >> > >> >> > dpkg -l | grep pulseaudio >> >> >> >> Hi, Joel - Thanks. :) Synaptic says "no" but running the dpkg -l >> >> command >> >> indicates pulseaudio 2.0.3 is present. (!) It isn't, but there's a >> fair >> >> number of residual files around from some earlier install, including >> >> things like the gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio plugin and PulseAudio client >> >> libraries. I don't _think_ there's anything there that would cause >> ALSA >> >> to block...? >> > >> > Would you mind just copy-pasting the output of above command? >> > >> > BTW, interpreting the output of 'dpkg -l' would be easier if one would >> > not use grep to strip the header with explanations and use only dpkg's >> > built-in pattern support, in this particular case: >> > >> > dpkg -l '*pulseaudio*' >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Andrei >> > -- >> >> Thanks, Andrei - here 'tis: >> >> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold >> | >> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend >> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) >> ||/ Name Version Architecture Description >> +++-==============-============-============-================================= >> ii gstreamer0.10- 0.10.31-3+nm amd64 GStreamer plugin for >> PulseAudio >> ii gstreamer1.0-p 1.4.4-2 amd64 GStreamer plugin for >> PulseAudio >> un libsdl1.2debia <none> <none> (no description available) >> rc pulseaudio 2.0-3 amd64 PulseAudio sound server >> un pulseaudio-eso <none> <none> (no description available) >> un pulseaudio-mod <none> <none> (no description available) >> un pulseaudio-uti <none> <none> (no description available) > > > Okay, no pulseaudio. > > This reference says you get dmix by default > for ALSA, version above 1.0.9rc2. So several > years. > > http://alsa.opensrc.org/Dmix > > You also want to make sure there is no asoundrc. > > Probably you will get better help if you post > to Linux Audio Users mailing list. > > It may help to know the output of > > lspci > > cat /proc/asound/cards > > lsmod | grep snd > > > Hope this helps > > > -- > Joel Roth > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141127103501.GA359@sprite > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/65689244064ef478e9046cefc3819056.squir...@dragon.rumormillnews.com