On 29 September 2010 22:40, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 29 September 2010 19:39:51 Ahmad Samir wrote: >> Which apps? if you rpm -e --nodeps a lib package, it's logical that an >> binary that has a dep on that package will not work as it'll won't >> find it at startup, even if it's not going to really use it (mplayer >> example applies here too). > > Well, Ahmad, I don't go looking for problem apps, but I surely know when I > have found one. Foobillard is a wonderful snooker/billiards/pool game. Just > like the real thing it is also a great way to waste a few hours in the > evening. With the 2010.1 package it is now possible to do this in complete > silence. Sorry, not "possible" because it is now inevitable on a PC which is > not using Pulse. > > It took me a couple of months of exploring and testing before I stumbled on > thge cause of the problem. The 2010.1 package (not the 2010.0 one; it > performs in glorious stereocolour) has been "enhanced" by the packager in a > way which introduces a Pulse dependency. When I found the offending script I > realised it could be fixed by deleting all but the last line. Now foobillard > shouts out loud and clear in pure Alsa. Whoopee. Tokk a long time to sort out > though, and I didn't get the clue until I had deleted all traces of Pulse. > > I'm not smart enough to do it any other way. As long as I know I have no trace > of pulse on the machine I can better focus on getting stuff to work. Unlike > you, I cannot KNOW that disabling Pulse is enough. I can only BELIEVE it, and > I don't have enough faith for that yet. > > Richard > >
Well, I think you should have also filed a bug report about that package... (I am going off-topic, sorry about that). -- Ahmad Samir
