Re: Is there a clean solution to get completely rid of Pulseaudio?

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On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 10:56 +0000, Paul Gideon Dann wrote:
> On Friday 23 Dec 2011 11:45:23 Ralf Madorf wrote:
> > I'll use jack, no desktop sound, no Skype etc., just pro and consumer
> > multimedia apps, flashplayer.
> > There hopefully is a way to fake that PA is installed.
> 
> Hi Ralph,
> 
> I have no idea if this will work for you but try this:
> 
> 1) Create an empty directory.
> 2) Create a file named PKGBUILD inside that directory, with the following 
> content:
> 
> pkgname=pulseaudio-dummy
> pkgver=1.0
> pkgrel=1
> pkgdesc="A dummy packages that pretends to provide pulseaudio."
> arch=('any')
> url=""
> license=('BSD')
> provides=('pulseaudio')
> conflicts=('pulseaudio')
> source=()
> 
> 3) At the command-line, in that directory, type:
> 
> # makepkg
> # pacman -U *.pkg.*
> 
> (You may need to use "sudo" for that last command, or switch to root first 
> using "su -".)
> 
> This should install a package named "pulseaudio-dummy", which contains 
> absolutely nothing, but claims that it satisfies the dependency "pulseaudio".  
> This *might* fix your problem, but it might also cause GNOME to crash.  I don't 
> use GNOME, and I don't know enough about its dependency on pulseaudio to be 
> certain what will happen.
> 
> I hope this helps,
> Paul

Thank you Paul :)

I flagged your reply and will test this ASAP.

Cheers!

Ralf



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