From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 04:02:48 -0800 (PST) From: Duncaen To: voidlinux Message-Id: <1386dc70-28be-46fc-8c4d-7fcf95f8fbad@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: References: <8ac9b142-b10b-4af1-83b6-29716ffe6773@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: how to enable pulseaudio/alsa MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_1107_1401351584.1446724968889" ------=_Part_1107_1401351584.1446724968889 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1108_2093556920.1446724968889" ------=_Part_1108_2093556920.1446724968889 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The pulseadio service is confusing and not needed, its used if you want a system wide pulseadio daemon and that is definitely not the preferred way of running pulse. Normally pulse should start automatically in your desktop session if its required, if that doesn't work, maybe `start-pulseaudio-x11 &` in your xinitrc helps. Am Mittwoch, 4. November 2015 22:15:24 UTC+1 schrieb Muddmaker: > > I want to bump this because I am having a very similar problem. However, > it showed up once I switched my DE from MATE to Cinnamon. My audio was > working just fine beforehand, and it has stopped working now. I have added > pulseaudio as a service, and my problem is the same, as if there is no > audio device connected. > > On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 5:42:13 AM UTC-8, tuxracer wrote: >> >> So, I installed alsa and pulseaudio and alsa plugin then made simlink >> /etc/sv/alsa to /var/service and /etc/sv/pulseaudio to /var/service as well >> but system is not detecting any soundcard. alxamixer returns blank and >> nothing to configure. What went wrong? >> > ------=_Part_1108_2093556920.1446724968889 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The pulseadio service is confusing and not needed, its use= d if you want a system wide pulseadio daemon and that is definitely not the= preferred way of running pulse.
Normally pulse should start automatical= ly in your desktop session if its required, if that doesn't work, maybe= `start-pulseaudio-x11 &` in your xinitrc helps.

Am Mittwoch, 4.= November 2015 22:15:24 UTC+1 schrieb Muddmaker:
I want to bump this because I am having = a very similar problem. However, it showed up once I switched my DE from MA= TE to Cinnamon. My audio was working just fine beforehand, and it has stopp= ed working now. I have added pulseaudio as a service, and my problem is the= same, as if there is no audio device connected.

On Sunday, November= 1, 2015 at 5:42:13 AM UTC-8, tuxracer wrote:
So, I installed alsa and pulseaudio and alsa plu= gin then made simlink /etc/sv/alsa to /var/service and /etc/sv/pulseaudio t= o /var/service as well but system is not detecting any soundcard. alxamixer= returns blank and nothing to configure. What went wrong?
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