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From: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: PulseAudio
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 08:38:55 +0100
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Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>
>> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:
>>>
>>>> All kidding aside, I'm happy to push this with PulseAudio support, *=
if*
>>>> a GuixSD user can confirm that it works. I don't have sound on my Gu=
ixSD
>>>> installation.
>>>
>>> I use it all the time and it works, except for IceCat & co. as Chris
>>> notes, which try to use ALSA directly.
>>
>> Does this mean you do not hear sound coming from IceCat and its plugin=
s
>> with the example desktop system configuration?
>
> This is my experience too: works lovely for things like VLC, but not so
> much for IceCat.

How strange!  Do you have a configuration file =E2=80=9C~/.asoundrc=E2=80=
=9D or
=E2=80=9C/etc/asound.conf=E2=80=9D that reroutes ALSA to PulseAudio?

I=E2=80=99m not using PulseAudio on GuixSD and I have sound in media play=
ers and
browser alike.

~~ Ricardo

PS: don=E2=80=99t think I=E2=80=99m blocking the use of PulseAudio.  If i=
t works with PA
when built with the PA libs (and doesn=E2=80=99t work without it), then i=
t=E2=80=99s
fine to make a dependency on the PA libs, of course.  I=E2=80=99m just cu=
rious
to learn why rerouting ALSA to PA doesn=E2=80=99t work =E2=80=94 because =
rerouting is
the recommended way to get plain ALSA programmes to work nice with PA.