Re: Alsa or pulseaudio?

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On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Jennifer
<fluffy_bunny_1988@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi. I am trying to modify a version of easy peasy Linux so that it is more
> accessible on my netbook (an Acer Aspire1). Easy peasy is a derivative of
> Ubuntu and I am currently having problems with pulse audio. When using
> pulseaudio speech was a little laggy (even after switching to using
> speech-dispatcher). I also had some orca crashes, who's source is still
> unknown to me, though I have been informed it is probably because I am using
> a netbook.
> When I use Alsa I still have the odd orca crash but this is usually easy to
> resolve simply by restarting orca, or killing and restarting
> speech-dispatcher. The problem is I have no system sounds and I get an Alsa
> error when trying to log in to Skype through the terminal, some problem with
> bluetooth something. I can paste the error later if it is of any
> use/reference.
> I am now using Alsa but can't seem to get multi channel sounds, I.E speech
> and/or system sounds, I only have speech.

ALSA and PulseAudio are not alternatives to each other. PulseAudio uses ALSA.
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