Re: [arch-general] Default sound card
On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:07:21 +0200 "Christian" wrote: > Hi all, > Well, I have been trying to specify my Soundblaster Audigy ZS2 as my default > sound card, but no luck. > Here is what I do. I typed: > cat /proc//asound/modules > 0 snd_intel > 1 snd_emu10k1 > So I then created the alsa.conf file under /etc/modprobe.d and typed: > options snd slots=snd_eme10k1x0 > I know that there is something wrong here, but what am I doing wrong? > Any help is really apreciated, many thanks! > Christian > I specified the order of my soundcards in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf like this: options snd-hda-intel index=1 options snd-hdsp index=0 Of course you have to adjust this to use the correct identifiers for your soundcards.
Re: [arch-general] - pulseaudio - GNOME3 in [testing]
On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 09:47:16 -0400 Matthew Monaco wrote: > On 04/09/2011 04:46 AM, Mauro Santos wrote: > > On 09-04-2011 02:12, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > > > >> PA buffers better than ALSA, or is supposed to, in any case. Of > >> course, if you're using its ALSA-emulation that's a moot point. AFAICR > >> (haven't had this problem for ages), CPU usage from PA is basically > >> caused by the resampling, which you can just modify to a simpler > >> method if you don't need the higher quality of the default (speex, I > >> believe). > > > > I have been using the ffmpeg resample method because of that, it uses > > less cpu, or seems to use less cpu here, and with my setup I cannot > > detect any loss in quality, but hey, it is a laptop and the analog audio > > path is not stellar so ymmv. > > > > > Hmm, I tried that, didn't seem to help. In fact it's super frustrating now > because VLC is back to use ~16% CPU again no matter what resample method I > use > and what audio output option I choose. > > Also, does anyone know what is restarting pulseaudio after I --kill? Is it > gnome-shell? > I don't have Pulseaudio installed, yet, so I haven't tried it myself, but AFAIK you could try to start VLC with pasuspender wich will suspend PA as long as a given programm is running.
Re: [arch-general] Rail Model font for coders
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:20:16 -0600 Jesse Young wrote: > 2011/1/20 Cédric Girard : > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Jesse Young wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:40 AM, > >> < > >> hare_krsna_hare_krsna_krsna_krsna_hare_hare_hare_rama_hare_rama_rama_rama_hare_h...@lavabit.com > >> > > >> wrote: > >> > There is a font for coders called Rail Model, please include it with > >> Linux > >> > distributions: > >> > >> Usually, the way requests like this work here is by creating a > >> PKGBUILD and uploading it to the AUR. Then Arch Linux users can build > >> the package using makepkg, or a more automated tool like yaourt. If > >> the package gets enough votes on the AUR it will be considered for > >> inclusion in the community repo where it can directly be installed by > >> pacman. > >> > >> If you need help creating a PKGBUILD, or want to request someone do it > >> for you then see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewforum.php?id=38. > >> > >> Start here for more information on how the AUR works: > >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR > >> > > > > Do you really believe this is a serious request ? > > I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. I figured it most > likely wasn't a serious request. > A quick search in google reveals that he spammed it across lists of numerous distributions and others. Must be a religious fanatic or just a troll. *shrugs*
