From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF19113877A for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 16:54:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C374E09CE; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 16:54:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f169.google.com (mail-wi0-f169.google.com [209.85.212.169]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9D4AE09BE for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 16:54:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f169.google.com with SMTP id hi2so3082906wib.0 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 09:54:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=1IOU8aImhacIMeDj5CySpCXOBTDcVsB+yVNkM8vmr+g=; b=vnt9+oM/mWHc1bGgfIa8sXSWs1dhi6YMNNUhqIPlyBqqFwLpZPyBepNTfOYOOQvGUC vN3GXgVd/dgryLT2QoKSF+m51yHfE5zWZ+TQf3nFQpdNW5JVcP+ufVpnhdh9x7AJJtJU nkLVr7Lp4xpkkj6E4NkXHryHd9li/eEHQ2KLxIkHmjOwisE7zV+O/b6uXOauJLz7NGtM Le9kTm2eRKFLVL7K9tLnESlFOredCergCPH901wvDzkbr5pt2MOOpnnQLjBqAVyKyifE KEG063I2nLy4a6ssjXAtWrmNNAQrgh2bwaXIjEDWv+XIibt5Cuc3y5O/i+IAynej45Sq ufMQ== X-Received: by 10.194.123.105 with SMTP id lz9mr3285554wjb.122.1403456041338; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 09:54:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id do5sm25033441wib.16.2014.06.22.09.53.59 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 22 Jun 2014 09:54:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Skype now will only work with pulseaudio? Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 17:53:39 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.12.21-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1481297.GWsM0leBY1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201406221753.42148.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 79a12aac-e82c-4a79-8f55-9cd1d221de2b X-Archives-Hash: eaac00453845470fa7cd21b13262e5fe --nextPart1481297.GWsM0leBY1 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was surprised to find that skype now has the pulseaudio flag set as a=20 default. Well, that didn't really surprise me, but what did is that after = I=20 unset the pulseaudio flag and emerged skype-4.3.0.37, audio in skype no lon= ger=20 works. :-/ The skype website says that alsa is no longer supported without pulseaudio = in=20 their freshly cut Microsoft-owned code. Why is then the pulseaudio flag=20 provided in portage, if without audio skype would lose its core functionali= ty=20 =2D i.e. making voice calls? I guess someone may only use it for IM chat, = but=20 that I would think is an edge use case. Most people I know would use it fo= r=20 voice and perhaps video calls. In any case, should I install pulseaudio? So far I had not missed it in my= =20 world to manage my audio needs. Looking at the wiki page: http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PulseAudio it seems awfully complicated to me, for something which for my purposes wou= ld=20 be just a new 'alsamixer'. :p Are you using PA and how would you suggest I go about installing and=20 configuring it (if I must) for minimal interference with my audio usage? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1481297.GWsM0leBY1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABCAAGBQJTpwoWAAoJELAdA+zwE4YeQIAIAILip6EBNKqdJwYrpDH4Hs3y vvCBmH8IVoCWsYkkHfFtFOnVH5g+GHK/75qIezcNBQGZ9QSru0f2P1o27vqfFZ6U +kMNcVugizj1gJrqjVF+xSuKgA6CSSEbdmWSt2w0bwZUuvG9x7gc57BlPXf6XkSG yjGCrXj3Z5Ujbpi7puNRGPC9STz45F45QroFvI3TofVyV0PQaiZUrCfa1hnoCzC5 GDEp8eziuqfQfnWDr/UylkgXlelK7SddhzbEI8OYpPsxhsfcfXSqhC88VyNtLkLa 6e1EWnzjAQWQX5MR5GlcBQhEMBD01jjxMoSeWwpmhTB9tjqT5HXtB7dxFaFY5E4= =tDXC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1481297.GWsM0leBY1--