Re: [gentoo-user] recovering plain alsa [WAS:]: no sound on upgraded Firefox from 7 to 8 - using

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Francisco Ares wrote:
>
> Thanks, Dale, but now everything is working fine again. I left 
> "genkernel" working overnight on my custom ".config", and now that I 
> removed "/etc/asound.conf" and "/etc/asound.status" and rebooted, 
> everything is working fine with just plain ALSA.
>
> As far as I know, "sdl" is somewhat like "pulse", isn't it? Some 
> higher level of interfacing, I think.  Let's do some more research...
>
> By the way, looking on your previous post, why do you have alsa-libs 
> emerged and alsa built in the kernel at the same time?
>
> Thanks again
> Francisco
>
>
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If I recall correctly, I had to install alsamixer to unmute my card.  I 
think that is what pulled that and others in.  Funny thing is, once I 
unmute the card, I guess I can remove the package.  I don't think the 
alsa service is running or anything.  I use Kmix for volume settings.

Strange how each system does the same things but has different ways of 
doing it.  :/

Dale

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