with the recognition of the HDMI itself. > > Alsa is the low level layer that actually communicates with the sound > h/w. Pulseaudio uses alsa to talk to the sound h/w. ... > > Anyway enough of the background. There are plenty other sources of > information out there on the web if you want to know more. > I didn't find anything that could be easily understable for a non audio-geek; and unfortunately, I've no regular internet connection so looking for information is not easy at the time. > > > > Why are there 2 different programs? > > Because you run more than one program at a time on a multi-tasking > operating system.... > Is it safe do remove PulseAudio? Because, as far as I understand things, I don't need it (at least for the beginning) for my basic utilisation. I thin= k I can always re-install it once I the HDMI works, or not? Thanks, Marie-No=EBlle --=20 Une galerie photos, un blog ... pourquoi pas ? Webmaster en herbe<http://www.webmaster-en-herbe.net/> Parcourez les C=E9vennes =E0 ma fa=E7on : C=E9vennes Plurielles<http://www.cevennes-plurielles.com> Et toutes mes autres publications =E0 partir de ma page d'accueil g=E9n=E9rale<http://www.marie-noelle-augendre.com> --00235429cf380b14dd04a557e672 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2011/6/10 Colin Guthrie <span dir=3D"ltr= "><<a href=3D"mailto:gmane at colin.guthr.ie">gmane at colin.guthr.ie</a>><= /span><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.= 8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <br><div class=3D"im"> > My guess is it goes to the "normal" one, as I barely hear an= ything with<br> > the volume at 100%. Any other way to know for sure?<br> <br> </div><br>Erm, by listening which sound card from which the sound comes out= .... It<br> should be very obvious which sound card a given app is using.<br> <br></blockquote><div><br>I've never heard anything apart :<br>=A0- som= e very bad sound I guess comes from the "normal" card,<br>=A0- or= no sound at all.<br>I don't know the sound of the HDMI card.<br>=A0</d= iv> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; borde= r-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> But, if you cannot tell then run:<br> <br> sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/pcm*<br></blockquote><div><br>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 UTIL.=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 PID ACC=C8S= =A0 COMMANDE<br>/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:=A0=A0 marie-noelle=A0=A0 3119 F...m plug= in-containe<br>/dev/snd/pcmC1D3p:=A0=A0 marie-noelle=A0=A0 2375 F...m pulse= audio<br> <br><br>Your distribution should<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"= style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 2= 04); padding-left: 1ex;"> ensure this is all configured for you, so assuming they have done that<br> and assuming you've not messed with that config it *should* work, but<b= r> it's worth double checking and asking your distro support channel how<b= r> they expect it to work in their deployment of PA.<br></blockquote><div><br>=
