2015-01-26 17:10 GMT+01:00 Xavier MESSNER <xmess...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > > > We should discuss how to solve this. Neither "copy the squeak plugin", > nor > > "disabe pulse-audio", > > is a good solution. > > The two methods can be used. But I think the best is not to use the plugin. > If the plugin is changing and is no longer compatible with Pharo or > conversely you can no longer use this method. At the moment this is not the > case. >
But I don't understand why we do not use the pulse plugin with pharo. ( vm-sound-OSS is working too, and the source is already in the source tree) > > While there, disable pulse-audio allows you to use Pharo with no change in > its basic version. What seems to me to be less complicated in case of bugs > on the sound system. > "Hey, if you want to use pharo sound on linux, you have to change your sound config and kill the sound server" No, this isn't better :) > > When writing the article for Linux Magazine (a French magazine) I asked > myself this question. Should I write to use the Squeak's plugin or simply > stop Pulse-Audio? > > I put myself in the place of a newcomer in Pharo who wants to use the sound > system. Install a plugin from elsewhere to run Pharo could give the image > of > a not finished tool. While there, the plugin does not exist and it does not > matter because the sound works with a clear and simple method. It works out > of the box. > > After that, in a near future we should have a plugin for Pulse-Audio or > best, Linux should have only one method to access sound, but it's another > story :) > > > Xavier. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Sound-of-Silence-tp4801562p4801768.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
