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You've started it...You've started it...Posted Jan 30, 2012 9:49 UTC (Mon) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: You've started it... by sbergman27 Parent article: The case for the /usr merge
PA is the first time in the history of Linux that after the actual sound driver is working, the user still faces a major and long-standing hurdle in getting the sound server working. Sometimes I think desktop Linux has a deathwish. Sorry, but you are wrong again. Try the aforementioned search with esd instead of pulseaudio or alsa - and you'll get more results then in pulseaudio case. The fact that you personally know how to debug and fix problems with esd and don't know how to do the same with pulseaudio says more about you then about pulseaudio or esd.
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You've started it... Posted Jan 30, 2012 14:48 UTC (Mon) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]
Even better than ESD, remember ARtS? Why have one sound server when you have have two incompatible ones both vying for access to a single, exclusive, sound output along with applications who try to use the sound output directly. Having one sound server rather than a bunch of incompatible ones fall in an out of fashion every few years is an improvement in and of itself, even if it was no better, which it is.
You've started it... Posted Jan 30, 2012 19:48 UTC (Mon) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767) [Link]
"The fact that you personally know how to debug and fix problems with esd and don't know how to do the same with pulseaudio says more about you then about pulseaudio or esd."
I only use a sound server when such functionality is useful. i.e. network transparency. (Though HelloWorld has mentioned another feature useful for some.)
You don't seem to understand that the sound server is dependent upon the underlying sound system on either the client or the server machine.
I've had less trouble (in fact, no trouble) with ESD. But I don't use any sound server when none is required.
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