No, the correct (which also happens to be the easiest) resolution is to *use one audio backend* for all Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives/remixes.
It has been an absolute nightmare to carry different configurations because Kubuntu and Xubuntu don't want PulseAudio. Now, as a user, I understand (note: I don't necessarily empathize with) the frustration that PA brings, but with Ubuntu derivatives, this pain has been caused largely by some packages (mplayer, libao, libsdl, xine-lib, phonon, etc.) shipping the ALSA backend as default (instead of PA). We wouldn't want to screw up the user experience of Kubuntu or Xubuntu now would we? Of course this reluctance to use PA by default means that everyone loses. People who never install anything that links to PA are fine. People who install Kubuntu or Xubuntu (or Ubuntu and then kubuntu-desktop or xubuntu-desktop) suddenly get the impression that everything audio-wise is awry. And it's because of this desire not to use PA by default! Of course when ALSA apps are configured such that nothing else could play with them exclusively, when PA tries to do so, it fails. This is the precise case that I described with mpd and bigbrovar. Seriously, I spend a lot of my free time reading complaints instead of fixing audio, which is originally what I intended to do when I became a core developer. I waste a lot of time, in fact, explaining that people's concerns would be addressed more quickly if they stopped resisting the inevitable use of PA on the desktop. I waste a lot of time answering posts that are not based in any sort of technical merit, just foolhardy vitriol that does nothing to actually advance Linux desktop audio. Well excuse me for trying to improve this situation! On Nov 5, 2009 1:58 PM, "Dima Ryazanov" <d...@gmail.com> wrote: I don't know what mpd is, but I'm pretty sure I'm not using it. And yet, I was still having problems - until I uninstalled PulseAudio. I had problems with Amarok, Flash player, and even aplay. Ok, Phonon might not have been configured correctly (which is still a bug!). Flash player may be broken - it's closed-source, so we don't know what it does. But aplay? What's the excuse here? So far, the easiest solution to all these problems seems to be to uninstall PulseAudio. -- kubuntu Karmic can't output sound at the same time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447844 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Audio Team, which is subscribe... -- kubuntu Karmic can't output sound at the same time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447844 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
