On 11/26/07, Daniel T Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As Chris implied, the preferred method in Hardy is to install the
> pulseaudio-esound-compat binary package, which avoids the invocation of
> a system-wide daemon.  A user will need to have the "Enable software
> sound mixing" checkbox enabled in GNOME's System> Preferences> Sound
> menu.

This is a very non-obvious step.  Especially since the choice in the
UI says ""Enable software sound mixing (ESD)'. I just replaced ESD
with pulseaudio, why would I want to turn it back on? Can the install
script change the string in the dialog?

> The alsa-lib pulse plugin is useful, but I don't foresee (myself)
> mangling a user's asoundrc in a postinst script.  At the very least, the
> updated libflashsupport source needs to be imported into LP and fixed up
> (see bug 94233).
>
> Moreover, a reboot is necessary[0] between Hardy's 0.9.7-3ubuntu1 and
> 0.9.7-3ubuntu2.  I mistakenly enabled a patch that caused a regression
> for the esd socket; Martin has fixed that mistake, and updated packages
> are available in Hardy proper.
>
> Finally, yes, you should remove the explicit pulseaudio invocation from
> your user's gnome session.
>
> [0] Strictly speaking, a user can avoid rebooting simply by logging out
> of GNOME, killing the pulseaudio daemon(s), forcibly removing
> /tmp/.esd*, and logging back into GNOME.
>
> ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Won't Fix
>
> --
> Pulseaudio install options need help
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164226
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