2009/5/1 Susan Cragin <susancra...@earthlink.net>: >>I filed ubuntu bug 369762. > > Ubuntu didn't think much of my bug. They sent me the following recipe to cure > it, and marked the bug invalid. > > 1) Edit /etc/pulse/client.conf, and change "autospawn = yes" to "autospawn = > no" > 2) `touch $HOME/.pulse_a11y_nostart' > 3) `asoundconf list' > 4) choose the desired card from the previous command's output, and use > `asoundconf set-default-card CARD', replacing CARD as appropriate > 5) `killall pulseaudio' > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/348353 > mentions a recent kernel patch that routes all audio through pulse. I wonder > if this patch is the culprit?
It mentions a patch, not a kernel patch. I'd be *very* surprised if there was anything kernel-side specifically routing audio through pulse. More plausibly, it could be a libasound2 patch or even just a hack to asound.conf/.asoundrc.
