John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]> writes: > I think most people simply don't configure PulseAudio correctly. > They have the assumption that sound cards are still simple devices > with one input jack and one output jack and any application using it > just has to find the sound card and output its audio signal. > > It's not as simple as that anymore. Modern audio codecs have tons of > options and volume controls, and - from my experience - most problems > to PulseAudio relate to the sound card being incorrectly configured. > > To resolve this problem, people then try to use tools like alsamixer > and naturally, since alsamixer doesn't know anything about PulseAudio, > it cannot fully configure it. > > So, in order to be able to properly configure PulseAudio, install > "pavucontrol" or use the sound preferences in GNOME3 or MATE (with > the package mate-media-pulse being installed).
I am sorry, both are not an option for me, since alsamixer is a ncurses program, and pavucontrol apparently requires $DISPLAY to be set. I guess that explains why the accessibility community has problems with PA. -- CYa, ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
