On 8 May 2012, at 00:53, walt wrote: > … > After removing alsasound from /etc/runlevels/* (it was in only one level > but I can't remember now which one it was ;) I rebooted. > > I use startx, so right after a reboot there is no X session running yet, > and to my astonishment I find that pulseaudio is already running: > > 1987 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog > 1991 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/libexec/pulse/gconf-helper > > I haven't spent any time trying to discover who is starting pulseaudio > behind my back, but it at least reminds me to ask if you are also using > it on your machine.
Ah! My apologies! I don't have Pulse installed on this system - I don't object to it, but it's a MythTV box, running a single app at a time, so I don't need it. So I'm only interested in the experiences of people running only ALSA (no Pulse). Stroller.
