On Tuesday 22 December 2009, Colin Guthrie wrote: >'Twas brillig, and Gene Heskett at 22/12/09 20:49 did gyre and gimble: >> On Tuesday 22 December 2009, Arun Raghavan wrote: >>> On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 12:47 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> [...] >>> >>>> Coding is kewl, I do it myself on smaller systems, but where are the >>>> man pages that should allow us to make it Just Work(TM)? >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> I think the majority of us are interested. And contrary to rumors >>>> extant all over the web, the majority of us _can_ read and follow >>>> directions. We just don't have a thing to read yet. >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> Have you seen this: http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup ? >> >> Now I have. And it seems awfully complex for something that should just >> work. > >This is more aimed at distro's to ensure their packages are configured >correctly out of the box. > >This is why a lot of perceive PA problems are really the fault of >configuration. > >> Also printed for reference since I have no sound on the mandriva 2010 64 >> bit install > >Have you got a bug number for this... it must have slipped under my >radar, sorry :( > >Obviously I'm running Mandriva and I also use the 64 bit version, so >fundamentally there is nothing broken, but there can obviously be >numerous places where problems can arise so we should be able to narrow >down where the problem is. > >Col
Well, before I attack the sound, I must have it working well enough for email to work, and when I next boot it, I will likely concentrate on that before I come crawling back for help with the silent audio. Once email is working, and I have moved my /root/.mozilla here to /me/.mozilla on the mandriva install and fixed any perms that discloses, then I'll be ready to rumble on this. Thanks Colin. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Always draw your curves, then plot your reading. _______________________________________________ pulseaudio-discuss mailing list pulseaudio-discuss@mail.0pointer.de https://tango.0pointer.de/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss
