From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EAA94138350 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 23:03:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2C5AAE0B05; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 23:03:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qk1-f195.google.com (mail-qk1-f195.google.com [209.85.222.195]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D2474E09D8 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 23:03:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qk1-f195.google.com with SMTP id s63so16351296qke.4 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:03:04 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:reply-to:subject:to:cc:mime-version :references:in-reply-to:message-id:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding; bh=J1gSAYqg9EfldkCXSeOIJdv9UtE2/NTNiCUO78v4P80=; b=QeFSQ2SUcHaVEXyVVQIn4kebPfgBiDlPFVK7K1HpdxK0D2pxJUd4ma8aD21CdnHrxS iOTmkLC/xK/oyQCoBe1L4TdDRt9ref/IKnk2MgaKAhI+npAcLPrne6lfVCioKSrvnm67 s9382OdNwb5MvC9WSjsEdqUSAs9gyQk9gTTgCgKkfCUQuB+ni5dJlc3nVlA05CRnYMS2 dZXXaRSJaBFvGNPDa17dnnek9FuiJrbudYUpQvf6EGRUxfmlFyUmKLY2KRijpziL4e/+ 5goKy1XJmaFRiY2dXEeWjII+BG2HUInEZ+HtMdIHx56xgkEQ+2zhqeyiPJt7J0l92YWI 3MVw== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuZCz6VbOKxo20lFLf3HQ1Xl65M3AWV2nTs0mGxfA3nJn4n8f3lq WYntUD5++jnC9Jgdukx1dkvQZBTfaT8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypKq/n2cvEsQYj7evpXj/YVjJNKO2IY2baCW7YOW5tqKC8ny352xrOZ4VeLXgHRzheepTXtQ6Q== X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:1405:: with SMTP id d5mr20539433qkj.329.1587942183721; Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:03:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ffortso9 (c-76-23-130-96.hsd1.ct.comcast.net. [76.23.130.96]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y72sm8579183qkb.86.2020.04.26.16.03.02 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:03:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 19:03:02 -0400 From: Jack Subject: Re: problems with slack and zoom: Was: [gentoo-user] ALSA wizard... To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: 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-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Balsa 2.6.0 Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 4c0223d4-929f-4e46-82ea-428cc2b5ddcd X-Archives-Hash: 9678a017c5576bb7194a58847ad07e36 On 2020.04.26 18:22, Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 8:28 PM Jack =20 > wrote: > > > > On 2020.04.26 15:08, Jorge Almeida wrote: > > [snip....] >=20 > > I run a mostly stable amd64 system with selected ~amd64 packages. I > > use both slack and zoom reasonably often, and have not had any =20 > install > > related problems. (I don't necessarily TRUST either of them, but my > > use of them is for a project with nothing particularly confidential =20 > of > > private.) I'd say if you care enough to bother - start a separate > > thread about why those two fail emerge for you. I seem to have > > recurring problems with audio and/or video, but I'm pretty sure =20 > that is > > hardware and/or system related - not due directly to either slack or > > zoom. > > > I'll see about pulseaudio first, and if discord doesn't work even so > I'll try that. Meanwhile, the ebuilds may change, or even go stable. > Thanks, >=20 > Jorge The slack ebuild might go stable, but the zoom one seems to change too =20 often to last 30 days before an update, so stable seems unlikely. At =20 least I don't think either of them pulls in many (or even any) other =20 unstable packages. Years ago, pulseaudio seemed to have a bad reputation for being really =20 difficult to deal with, but that is no longer the case, so hopefully =20 you'll make progress in that direction. Jack