From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Rpwjm-0003yT-0N for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:53:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3F4D5E0795; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:53:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from d-out-001.smtp25.com (unknown [67.228.158.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E428E0716 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:52:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-96-247-198-116.clppva.fios.verizon.net [96.247.198.116]) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id q0P6q4wn015102 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:52:05 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0P6q1KI018452 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:52:04 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gnome-control-center any way to configure without pulseaudio? In-reply-to: References: <2624.1327439667@ccs.covici.com> Comments: In-reply-to walt message dated "Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:55:00 -0800." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.3.5 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:52:01 -0500 Message-ID: <18451.1327474321@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 96.247.198.116 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-q0P6q4wn015102 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 917d9cfb-b995-479f-9323-78f57872ce6a X-Archives-Hash: da4116cf3fbc0767b057592f769cdfda walt wrote: > On 01/24/2012 01:14 PM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Hi. I am upgrading gnome to gnome3 and I find that at least > > gnome-control-center wants pulseaudio, but I hate pulseaudio and, if > > possible, don't want to install it at all. I did configure > > package.provided to not compile, but gnome-control-center seems to > > require it. Anyway to get around this? > > I feel the same, and I've started using xfce4 instead of gnome3 because > they don't require any sound daemon (yet) and the new gnome-shell won't > run on my old video hardware anyway. > > I just scanned through the gnome-control-center code looking for clues > about pulse and found no sign that pulse is voluntary. There are no > config options to enable or disable pulse, so it appears that pulse is > here to stay in gnome3. > > > I doubt that one in a hundred computer users would know how to use pulse > to fix sound problems even *if* pulse is the right solution. A long way > yet to go before pulse will be anything but a curse to me :( > > Yep, I agree. So what would happen if I installed pulse and just didn't start the thing, what would I lose then? Seems like a waste of disk space to me. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com