Alsa itself has a pulseaudio plugin. So applications using alsa will be routed through pulseaudio. I tried to find the source for that plugin, but couldn't find it. Maybe it was removed from alsa-plugins upstream? Or merged into another plugin? What is preventing speakup from using pulseaudio? On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Howdy, > No, I don't have pulseaudio installed. I actually can't use it because it > will not allow me to use speakup in the console. Interestingly enough, I > read something that said moc doesn't have support for pulseaudio. So, I must > have found outdated info. > Still, I wonder if we are missing a plugin in alsa itself? > thanks > Storm > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 03:09:38PM +0300, Christoph Gysin wrote: >> >> Are you using pulseaudio? This works out of the box for me with >> pulseaudio. moc controls the volume of whatever was the default sink >> when it was started. >> >> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Storm Dragon >> <stormdragon2976@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Howdy, >>> I have installed extra/moc 1:2.5.0-3. Reading through the docs, and >>> things >>> on the net, I found a way to set up a softvol control for it in alsa, so >>> when I adjust its volume, it only changes the volume for moc. Everything >>> went well, except, I can't adjust the volume from within the moc app, >>> which >>> should be possible because you can set the alsa device and mixer in the >>> ~/.moc/config file. >>> It is using the right device, and amixer sset Mocmaster 50% sets the >>> volume. >>> It's just the in program controls that fail. When moc starts, it gives >>> this >>> error: >>> ALSA lib dlmisc.c:254:(snd1_dlobj_cache_get) Cannot open shared library >>> /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_softvol.so >>> This makes me think that either a plugin is missing from alsa-plugins, or >>> maybe moc is using an outdated way to change its volume. However, if the >>> alsa controls are set to their defaults, the volume works fine, but it >>> lowers the volume on the whole system. >>> I did a pacman search for alsa softvol but it didn't return anything. Is >>> there anything I can install to fix this? >>> Thanks for any help >>> Storm >>> -- >>> Powered by Arch Linux! I am registered Linux user number 508465: >>> https://linuxcounter.net/user/508465.html >>> My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.tk/ >>> get my public PGP key: gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key >>> 43DDC193 >>> Twitter and Facebook are so ... yesteryear. Get your 2MB Social account >>> TODAY! http://2mb.social/main/register >>> My Blackberry is Broken: http://is.gd/my_blackberry_is_broken >>> "I am your soul insane" >>> Slayer - Gemini >> >> >> >> >> -- >> echo mailto: NOSPAM !#$.'<*>'|sed 's. ..'|tr "<*> !#:2" org@fr33z3 > > > -- > Powered by Arch Linux! I am registered Linux user number 508465: > https://linuxcounter.net/user/508465.html > My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.tk/ > get my public PGP key: gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 43DDC193 > Twitter and Facebook are so ... yesteryear. Get your 2MB Social account > TODAY! http://2mb.social/main/register > Follow me on GNU Social: https://social.stormdragon.tk/storm > "Fell in a river of illusion and apathy" > Godsmack - Realign -- echo mailto: NOSPAM !#$.'<*>'|sed 's. ..'|tr "<*> !#:2" org@fr33z3
