Sean McNamara wrote: >> I see. But why reboot? Isn't there an init script to restart pulse audio >> or something like this? > > Yes, there is an init.d script for pulseaudio in Ubuntu; you can also > run `pulseaudio --daemonize=true`. I figured I would select the least Ah, yes, thanks. > complicated way of indicating that the daemon needs to be started > again, considering the skill level implicit in the nature of your > question. I completely understand and agree with you on this one. The question was, as you correctly guessed, geared from a novice's point of view. I wouldn't feel comfortable telling a new user to open a terminal and restart a daemon -- kind of pushes the new user away from Ubuntu, what with the older impressions of Linux being only command line and what not. > is sort of like "PulseAudio light" -- it provides the core > functionality of software mixing, but you're missing out on all the > other great features of PA. Of course, since Ubuntu doesn't take Some hints on those features please? For now, I have discovered in my Debian machines that I can change the source and sink from pulseaudio's gui, restart the application of interst and its sound get channeled through the new path. > > Good luck with Audacity - that's one of the most stubborn applications > to get working on a system using either Dmix _or_ Pulseaudio. hmm .. not very encouraging. > There's no real consequence to removing the ubuntu-desktop package. <SNIP> > ubuntu-desktop, etc. along with it, that's fine. The rest of your > desktop won't be affected, unless it for some reason tries to remove > all the hundreds of GNOME packages too. No, it is just that meta package that it removes (removal of pa). Thanks for all your comments, very helpful. Regards. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read.
