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 6A4AF13877A for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:11:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 716C1E0948; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:10:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-f169.google.com (mail-ve0-f169.google.com [209.85.128.169]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 64418E0940 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f169.google.com with SMTP id pa12so6178438veb.14 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 07:10:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=rsklZKLG7O5ck3M3dCwIT9AHW5f6yrYjrNwRPE0e0XM=; b=MT9dhmdoR2kSZDqdisLDYeZQ5RCUeajaWvrNW8dcdxvCC+1BqwnIIPevUF5l9lFV2J 9CZJpywMbC5UFw6WVwd4DSyV7zhQJlf+1iBiFFnjsatL86lzsSbp9AyRMyFFsL6yotcq PxG5mks2vdN7A2S9V3iVCE1mns9rHb7LxK1GwsYWSXyWAvQrmEHDAziY/b4XT19nlM+m 69uKQrrm39Zrakk94z0WWRV7+tXuaTjLEkpmgALZiDADoZANW34RkTDXQnpJmNiKu/sc 5OrcgDFS54X0uHOSh1JTT2aTSCV7rwTBJ8qpgdoeilqKNx9y95k4PXCWVzb+b3ViuHlO 5wEw== 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 X-Received: by 10.52.235.97 with SMTP id ul1mr614048vdc.87.1403532657098; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 07:10:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.72.7 with HTTP; Mon, 23 Jun 2014 07:10:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53A741C6.8050204@gmail.com> References: <201406221753.42148.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <53A741C6.8050204@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:10:56 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Skype now will only work with pulseaudio? From: Mick To: gentoo-user Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 3aad54f0-c681-4d58-8bac-131a56185667 X-Archives-Hash: 90d7e01cd9f3e303959d3288e91b3d9b On 22 June 2014 21:51, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On 22/06/2014 18:53, Mick wrote: > > > Are you using PA and how would you suggest I go about installing and > > configuring it (if I must) for minimal interference with my audio usage? > > > Why don't you rather peg skype at the last version know to work with > alsa, and mask everything newer? I could do just that, but for how long? Eventually, older version(s) of skype could/would break and I will then be forced to upgrade. > If it were me, I'd switch to PA because I wanted to, not because skype > made me. And I don't think you'd be running any additional security risk > - skype is rather likely to be riddled with bugs that never get fixed > anyway... > > OK, my cynic side is showing, but you get the drift I've switched to PA and I'm now rebuilding umpteen packages inc. firefox and chromium! O_o The switch was mostly successful, except for: After a reboot all worked fine and the pulseaudio migration appeared to be uneventful. The morning after things went sideways. The HDMI sound device was selected as the default audio and not analogue sound was available. For some reason the default beep was loud enough to wake up the neighbours! PCM, headphones and other controls had disappeared and some new monitor-* controls were available. This was fixed by adding: load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0,0 load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0 in /etc/pulse/default.pa I have not yet tried the microphone in Skype to see if the above combo is correct. This is what aplay and arecord show: ============================================================ $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: 92HD73C1X5 Analog [92HD73C1X5 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 $ arecord -l **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: 92HD73C1X5 Analog [92HD73C1X5 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 2: 92HD73C1X5 Alt Analog [92HD73C1X5 Alt Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 $ aplay -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) pulse PulseAudio Sound Server default:CARD=MID HDA Intel MID, 92HD73C1X5 Analog Default Audio Device sysdefault:CARD=MID HDA Intel MID, 92HD73C1X5 Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=MID,DEV=0 HDA Intel MID, 92HD73C1X5 Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=MID,DEV=0 HDA Intel MID, 92HD73C1X5 Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=MID,DEV=0 HDA Intel MID, 92HD73C1X5 Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=MID,DEV=0 HDA Intel MID, 92HD73C1X5 Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=MID,DEV=0 HDA Intel MID, 92HD73C1X5 Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=MID,DEV=0 HDA Intel MID, 92HD73C1X5 Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0 HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0 HDMI Audio Output ============================================================ The other thing that puzzled me was that the second jack for the headphones is muted every time I re/start an application and the volume setting is zeroed - e.g. I start mplayer - no sound. I unmute the second headphone jack and raise the volume setting - sound is back. I stop and then start again mplayer - no sound. I unmute the second headphone jack - sound is back. and so on. I cannot understand why the second jack is muted. The first jack stays unmuted in each case. -- Regards, Mick