Ricardo Wurmus (2015-10-04 22:46 +0300) wrote:
> Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> FWIW I just tried ExtremeTuxRacer and it works out of the box for me (on
>> GuixSD).
>>
>> I do use PulseAudio though. To allow ETR’s sound output to mix with
>> other things that may be playing sound already, I have this in my
>> ~/.asoundrc:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> pcm.!default {
>> type pulse
>> }
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> Should we add it to the account skeletons?
>
> I don’t think that’s a good idea. This means that the ALSA library will
> always try to output to the “pulse” backend, which may not exist. For
> example, I do not use PulseAudio, so I do not have the “pulse” backend,
> so this ~/.asoundrc setting would not work in my case. (I don’t know if
> it would do harm, to be fair.)
Oh, hey! We both use dvorak and don't use PulseAudio! :-)
> Is there a better way to make sdl-mixer output to the ALSA backend by
> default? I think outputing to ALSA is a safe default choice, as most
> applications do not directly output to PulseAudio but to ALSA.
So you also don't have a sound from sdl-mixer programs (games), right?
Perhaps we can just add “export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa” to /etc/profile,
but then it would probably not be a pleasant default for pulseaudio
people.
BTW I also have “export AUDIODRIVER=alsa” in my ~/.bash_profile.
Without it 'play' command (from 'sox' package) also tries to use
pulseaudio.
--
Alex
