2011/12/23 Ralf Madorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 11:27 +0200, Ionut Biru wrote: >> On 12/23/2011 11:25 AM, Ralf Madorf wrote: >> > On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 11:17 +0200, Ionut Biru wrote: >> >> can you clarify that you are talking about pulseaudio and not about >> >> libpulse? >> > >> > # pacman -Rss pulseaudio >> > checking dependencies... >> > error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) >> > :: gnome-settings-daemon: requires pulseaudio >> > :: pulseaudio-alsa: requires pulseaudio >> > >> > >> > >> >> ok then, gnome requires pulseaudio. The only way to get rid of >> pulseaudio is to get rid of gnome. > > 1. > > At the moment only GDM is installed, not GNOME. > > 2. > > I had GNOME3 installed for Debian and 2 dummy packages solved all > issues, since GNOME3 doesn't need PA, just some "my computer should be a > toy, instead of a tool" tasks need PA. > > Okay, if the policy of Arch Linux is to force people to install unneeded > stuff, than it simply isn't the distro I should use. > > Thanks, > > Ralf > No. The policy of Archlinux is to provide software which are as closed as possible from upstream. Fill free to use a distribution which tweaks to death software. Have a good day. -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@xxxxxxxxx
