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 5CEA31381F3 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 20:56:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A9FD6E0B38; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 20:55:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f182.google.com (mail-ie0-f182.google.com [209.85.223.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F384E0B33 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 20:55:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f182.google.com with SMTP id 9so6436152iec.41 for ; Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:55:43 -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=mVmHfi0Cj3oHKxd4ULR3C1OG0AJku/mzVgPhuWWl7to=; b=QWZU1PnUXT6+m+yNuEYiV7Ma3ggvnfi4+v8OmSVAHbSt/gjVWAdBmF5V7sUPG9eSkw 3gKiTx825ua0CsoTt8gMrvsTmvUDGP+JzaFkd+n4vB/1oaMhYdp8YKiiMqP0HD+ffsii 72LSCC9zfQm/ZdbzqN2HOCNfhnsI940Z7yO/7X406jHD5PqomjF/F4UaazXrQyJLi+0R gEZxx+/baOo5GZNGNAK4W3djpCGlvNXrS6RaojYEYae6b5JDnEQF1c2mOZUksnzNIEsH ErYT4rPDoDXByNcGrtCYHjK8cwjWiw7mozjKofJcBEyrREBJNtV/yT7uHxCZ2DTuOhDS c9Iw== 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 10.50.17.36 with SMTP id l4mr610065igd.100.1370292943812; Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:55:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.26.137 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:55:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130603200743.GA1727@waltdnes.org> References: <20130603200743.GA1727@waltdnes.org> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:55:43 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Poor sound quality From: Chris Stankevitz To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 9e2fb7f2-f188-4a99-841b-51f81e9b883e X-Archives-Hash: c6da2d07490668757b25d7749ec236af On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > At the risk of starting a flamewar, did you recently install a "sound > server" (e.g. pulseaudio/phonon/whatever)? Can you temporarily disable > it and see how the sound comes out? Walter, Thank you for your tip. This is the sort of thinking that will ultimately lead to a solution. I installed audio a couple years ago when setting up Gentoo on this machine for the first. time. I followed the handbook. Since that day I never again looked at my sound card setup. I do not know what is a "sound server" and I certainly never installed one (unless part of the install handbook has me install one). Assuming for a moment that I did install a "sound server" and that I want to disable it in order to perform your test, 1) How do I determine which sound servers, if any, are installed? 2) How do I disable them? FYI it appears I have phonon installed but not pulseaudio: * media-sound/pulseaudio Latest version available: 2.1-r1 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] * media-libs/phonon Latest version available: 4.6.0-r1 Latest version installed: 4.6.0-r1 Thank you, Chris