Ok, I wonder if there is a way to get KDE to use OSS directly instead of horrible pulseaudio .. On my system, settings show pulse with vlc as a backend ..
Cheers, Bernie On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 7:45 AM, karu.pruun <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 9:37 PM, Bernard Mentink <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Now the only other issue I have running KDE is that when I enable sound > on > > my platform by loading the snd_hda module, I get pulseaudio taking up > 100% > > of one of my cpu cores ... > > Sound works ok though .... any idea what goes on there? do I have to > adjust > > some pulseaudio parameters? > > > Yes I've noticed that too, but sorry no idea what's going on or how to > fix that; I haven't followed that up. Let us know if you find out. > > Cheers > > Peeter > > -- > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Bernie > > > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 2:06 AM, karu.pruun <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Bernard Mentink <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Hi John, > >> > > >> > Appreciate the explanation. > >> > However, the description of the FreeBSD setup for gnome and the DFly > one > >> > are > >> > quite different. > >> > > >> > The FreeBSD one says to start dbus and hald via rc.conf. Dfly does > not > >> > say > >> > to do that. > >> > > >> > If I follow FreeBSD instructions KDE won't work at all, because KDE > >> > starts > >> > dbus itself and bombs out if it is already running. So at least Dfly > >> > works > >> > with KDE by NOT starting dbus in rc.conf .. > >> > >> > >> There are two standard dbus session instances normally: one is the > >> systemwide bus that is started via /etc/rc.conf, the other is a > >> session bus which is started by KDE, GNOME, XFCE, MATE when they > >> launch. So you should include > >> > >> dbus_enable="YES" > >> > >> in rc.conf. If you do not do this, you'll see some complaining in the > >> log; but may still be able to run the DE. This is how I run KDE and I > >> can confirm that it runs fine on my machine DragonFly > >> v4.5.0.1247.g122b6-DEVELOPMENT. MATE and XFCE run fine as well. I > >> don't run hald for any of the DEs. Not sure why KDE does not run when > >> you start the system dbus instance. > >> > >> GNOME (gnome3) does not work, or at least to my experience. There's > >> some complaining by gnome-settings-daemon about not being able to > >> communicate via dbus, and it may well be the reason but I haven't > >> followed up. > >> > >> > >> > PS: Man pages don't help a new user get up and running when they are > >> > used to > >> > the Linux way of doing things .... for example, the Lack of the lspci > >> > instruction means I can't see what module I need to load for my audio > >> > hardware ... > >> > >> > >> pciconf -l > >> pciconf -lv > >> > >> A lot of this applies to DragonFly as well: > >> > >> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-users/article.html > >> > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Peeter > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> On 6/26/2016 3:38 AM, Bernard Mentink wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Hi John, > >> >>> > >> >>> So why should I use the FreeBSD instructions? I thought this was > >> >>> DragonFlyBSD forum? > >> >>> > >> >>> I used the instructions from > >> >>> here: https://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/handbook/X/#index2h2 > >> >>> > >> >>> Are you saying I should not use the DFly instructions to setup DFly? > >> >>> > >> >>> That is just weird .. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Hi Bernard, > >> >> Of course it would be ideal if DragonFly documentation was at the > same > >> >> level as FreeBSD but the fact is that this is not the case. FreeBSD > >> >> has an > >> >> entire team whose primary responsibility is documentation. > >> >> > >> >> Now you may be aware that DragonFly DPorts is basically FreeBSD ports > >> >> made > >> >> to work on DragonFly. As such, instructions to install third-party > >> >> software > >> >> on FreeBSD are good for DragonFly as well. So it's not weird to > >> >> reference > >> >> FreeBSD documentation when DPorts are involved as is the case here. > >> >> > >> >> As a last thought, our handbook is a living wiki. Some people have > >> >> improved KDE instructions recently, but if you think it needs more > then > >> >> you > >> >> have the ability to write these improvements so everyone can benefit. > >> >> > >> >> DragonFly MAN pages are top notch, but the handbook / wiki is not at > >> >> the > >> >> same quality level (and in some cases are poor quality). > >> >> > >> >> John > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> --- > >> >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > >> >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > Life is a sexually transmitted disease with a 100% mortality rate. > >> > > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Life is a sexually transmitted disease with a 100% mortality rate. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life is a sexually transmitted disease with a 100% mortality rate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
