>wineoss is not a viable solution to the pulseaudio problem, but this >is a real nasty issue where the solution is "as long as it works for >you, it's fine". > >What exactly is the issue with purging pulseaudio? Though this should >be taken up with ubuntu's bugs tracker. pulseaudio should be >considered optional, since ALSA/dmix works wherever pulseaudio with >ALSA backend works, even if it is opt-out.
Ben, sorry... You probably haven't been following this thread closely. I determined a couple of days ago that pulseaudio was not actually my problem even though I thought it was. I just kept the name of the thread. One of wine's developers asked me if linux's (or Ubuntu's) alsa-wrappers could have changed, and if wine's alsa-wrappers could therefore need updating. The fact that something works under winecfg OSS (but not under winecfg ALSA) is a valuable piece of diagnostic information. My value to this group is usually as a canary in the mine. Because I have the latest kernel, and the latest updates, I am able to spot problems before they hit the mainstream. And remember, this is a developers' group, not a users group. Experimentation is grist for the mill. Susan
