The performance impact is hardly an issue on any modern machine you will be running it. The main concerns are regarding security. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/SystemWide/http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/WhatIsWrongWithSystemWide/ On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Michał Zegan <webczat_200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It is not recommended for, I believe, a good reason, including severe > performance impact. > > W dniu 26.09.2015 o 15:39, Christoph Gysin pisze: > >> While it's generally not recommended, you *can* run pulseaudio also as >> a system-wide instance. >> >> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Michał Zegan >> <webczat_200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> this is very well known to me, and also quite logical. pulseaudio is a >>> session process, espeakup is a system process. that whole thing actually >>> means it will have exactly those problems. >>> >>> W dniu 26.09.2015 o 15:32, Storm Dragon pisze: >>> >>>> Howdy, >>>> No one has any clue what is stopping it. People have contacted the pulse >>>> developers who say it's something with espeakup, but then some think it >>>> may >>>> be speech-dispatcher's crappy pulse implimentation, which may be the >>>> case, >>>> cause I think it will work if a dekstop infironment isn't loaded with >>>> orca. >>>> No one has any clue how, or even what, to fix lol. So, I just avoid >>>> pulse. >>>> Thanks >>>> Storm >>>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 04:26:40PM +0300, Christoph Gysin wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 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 have found outdated info.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. 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