Comments for Tux's idyllic life. http://idyllictux.wordpress.com I will not choke on failure! Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:59:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty – Keeping the beast Pulseaudio at bay by Guy Schlosser http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/ubuntu-904-jaunty-keeping-the-beast-pulseaudio-at-bay/#comment-372 Guy Schlosser Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:59:00 +0000 http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-372 Hi all, well, I took the karmic plunge on my desktop, and my sound is not working at all. For starters, my .asoundrc.asoundconf remained in tact throughout the upgrade, and I do not have X's by pulseaudio in sys-rc-conf. I have turned off autospawn in my client.conf, and my gnome-alsamixer shows everything all the way up. Can someone please help? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Hi all, well, I took the karmic plunge on my desktop, and my sound is not working at all. For starters, my .asoundrc.asoundconf remained in tact throughout the upgrade, and I do not have X’s by pulseaudio in sys-rc-conf. I have turned off autospawn in my client.conf, and my gnome-alsamixer shows everything all the way up. Can someone please help? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty – Keeping the beast Pulseaudio at bay by Demagog http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/ubuntu-904-jaunty-keeping-the-beast-pulseaudio-at-bay/#comment-371 Demagog Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:53:05 +0000 http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-371 Hi idyllictux! You can easily recompile: 1. "gnome-applets", using the configure option --enable-mixer-applet 2. "gnome-media" with these options: --disable-pulseaudio --enable-gstmix The guide is here: http://linuxinnovations.blogspot.com/2009/08/recompile-debian-packages-with.html A. Install the recompiled packages, "gnome-applets" and "gnome-media". B. Right click on the panel and add Volume Control. And you get your Gnome Volume Control, the same as that of Ubuntu 9.04. You can also recompile "gnome-settings-daemon" with the configure option --disable-pulse After installation of the recompiled "gnome-settings-daemon" you can remove this hidden folder: ~/.pulse and this hidden file: ~/.pulse-cookie Hi idyllictux!

You can easily recompile:

1. “gnome-applets”, using the configure option –enable-mixer-applet

2. “gnome-media” with these options: –disable-pulseaudio –enable-gstmix

The guide is here:
http://linuxinnovations.blogspot.com/2009/08/recompile-debian-packages-with.html

A. Install the recompiled packages, “gnome-applets” and “gnome-media”.
B. Right click on the panel and add Volume Control.

And you get your Gnome Volume Control, the same as that of Ubuntu 9.04.

You can also recompile “gnome-settings-daemon” with the configure option –disable-pulse
After installation of the recompiled “gnome-settings-daemon” you can
remove this hidden folder: ~/.pulse
and this hidden file: ~/.pulse-cookie

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty – Keeping the beast Pulseaudio at bay by Susan Cragin http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/ubuntu-904-jaunty-keeping-the-beast-pulseaudio-at-bay/#comment-370 Susan Cragin Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:49:26 +0000 http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-370 Whatever you do, don't disable anything to do with sound in System / Preferences / Startup Applications. I tried that. It screwed up all my sound, including alsa after I killed pulseaudio. I have also filed a bug. It shouldn't do that. Whatever you do, don’t disable anything to do with sound in System / Preferences / Startup Applications.
I tried that.
It screwed up all my sound, including alsa after I killed pulseaudio.
I have also filed a bug. It shouldn’t do that.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty – Keeping the beast Pulseaudio at bay by idyllictux http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/ubuntu-904-jaunty-keeping-the-beast-pulseaudio-at-bay/#comment-369 idyllictux Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:30:36 +0000 http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-369 `Gnome volume control also broke after the upgrade (“Waiting for Sound System to Respond”).` This is because in 9.10, upstream integration is tight, so the gnome-volume-control is heavily dependent on pulseaudio. It will wait for pulseaudio to spawn before it can be initialized. `Gnome volume control also broke after the upgrade (“Waiting for Sound System to Respond”).`

This is because in 9.10, upstream integration is tight, so the gnome-volume-control is heavily dependent on pulseaudio. It will wait for pulseaudio to spawn before it can be initialized.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty – Keeping the beast Pulseaudio at bay by Ben http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/ubuntu-904-jaunty-keeping-the-beast-pulseaudio-at-bay/#comment-368 Ben Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:14:17 +0000 http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-368 Thanks Steve, I saw your message. (I'm subscribed to this blog post.) I ought to have been a bit clearer - sound has continued to work after the upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10. What broke was my Dell laptop front panel volume buttons, which have worked almost perfectly since 7.04. Gnome volume control also broke after the upgrade (“Waiting for Sound System to Respond”). On an unrelated topic, plenty of other apps and services now spontaneously crash (I get the crash alert dialog twice or three times a session.) I'm wearily coming around to the idea that I'll have to do a clean reinstall to get 9.10 working properly again on the laptop. I'm really annoyed about that, because my neophilia caused me to break a beautifully stable 9.04 system. Grrrr. I'm not letting 9.10 anywhere near my netbook or my desktop. Sorry, for the noise, I just had to vent my frustrations! Thanks Steve, I saw your message. (I’m subscribed to this blog post.)

I ought to have been a bit clearer – sound has continued to work after the upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10. What broke was my Dell laptop front panel volume buttons, which have worked almost perfectly since 7.04. Gnome volume control also broke after the upgrade (“Waiting for Sound System to Respond”).

On an unrelated topic, plenty of other apps and services now spontaneously crash (I get the crash alert dialog twice or three times a session.)

I’m wearily coming around to the idea that I’ll have to do a clean reinstall to get 9.10 working properly again on the laptop. I’m really annoyed about that, because my neophilia caused me to break a beautifully stable 9.04 system. Grrrr. I’m not letting 9.10 anywhere near my netbook or my desktop. Sorry, for the noise, I just had to vent my frustrations!

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty – Keeping the beast Pulseaudio at bay by Demagog http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/ubuntu-904-jaunty-keeping-the-beast-pulseaudio-at-bay/#comment-367 Demagog Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:02:44 +0000 http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-367 Hi idyllictux! Do you know about this method? Re: Pulse audio by Daniel Chen on 2009-10-08T12:42:41+00:00 http://www.pubbs.net/ubuntu/200910/12748/ QUOTE: It has not always been easy to disable PulseAudio, but it certainly remains straightforward for a savvy user: touch ~/.pulse-a11y-nostart echo autospawn = no|tee -a ~/.pulse/client.conf killall pulseaudio It was tested here: How to kill pulseaudio to play pSX in 9.10? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1306356 Hi idyllictux!

Do you know about this method?

Re: Pulse audio by Daniel Chen on 2009-10-08T12:42:41+00:00
http://www.pubbs.net/ubuntu/200910/12748/
QUOTE:
It has not always been easy to disable PulseAudio, but it certainly remains
straightforward for a savvy user:

touch ~/.pulse-a11y-nostart

echo autospawn = no|tee -a ~/.pulse/client.conf

killall pulseaudio

It was tested here:
How to kill pulseaudio to play pSX in 9.10?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1306356

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty – Keeping the beast Pulseaudio at bay by Susan Cragin http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/ubuntu-904-jaunty-keeping-the-beast-pulseaudio-at-bay/#comment-366 Susan Cragin Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:18:31 +0000 http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-366 People keep saying that asoundconf should be put in: /usr/bin That is wrong. Everytime alsa-utils is upgraded, it will wipe out your asoundconf. Put it in /usr/local/bin instead. It works the same, and alsa-utils won't get confused. People keep saying that asoundconf should be put in:
/usr/bin
That is wrong. Everytime alsa-utils is upgraded, it will wipe out your asoundconf.

Put it in /usr/local/bin instead.
It works the same, and alsa-utils won’t get confused.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty – Keeping the beast Pulseaudio at bay by Russ http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/ubuntu-904-jaunty-keeping-the-beast-pulseaudio-at-bay/#comment-365 Russ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:36:10 +0000 http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-365 To get sound working again after the 9.10 upgrade I reinstalled asoundconf: download this http://lug.mtu.edu/ubuntu/pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.0.18-1ubuntu11_i386.deb extract asoundconf into /usr/bin using archive manager. $ asoundconf set-default-card snd_usb_audio Sound was fine after doing this. To get sound working again after the 9.10 upgrade I reinstalled asoundconf:

download this http://lug.mtu.edu/ubuntu/pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.0.18-1ubuntu11_i386.deb

extract asoundconf into /usr/bin using archive manager.

$ asoundconf set-default-card snd_usb_audio

Sound was fine after doing this.

]]> Comment on Mail-Notification with enabled SSL by minki http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/mail-notification-with-enabled-ssl/#comment-364 minki Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:22:57 +0000 http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-364 Thank you! It works great with my Ubuntu 9.10. One small issue was that I had to install from the terminal by sudo dpkg -i mail-notification_5.4.dfsg.1-1build1_~idyllic~_i386.deb Other than that, it works great! You have saved my many sleepless night. Thank you!

It works great with my Ubuntu 9.10.

One small issue was that I had to install from the terminal by

sudo dpkg -i mail-notification_5.4.dfsg.1-1build1_~idyllic~_i386.deb

Other than that, it works great!

You have saved my many sleepless night.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty – Keeping the beast Pulseaudio at bay by Russ http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/ubuntu-904-jaunty-keeping-the-beast-pulseaudio-at-bay/#comment-363 Russ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:31 +0000 http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-363 I just ran the Ubuntu 9.10 upgrade from a nicely working 9.04 install and now my sound does not work at all. Prior to the upgrade I was able to get my USB speakers to work by following the above steps. When I try "asoundconf list" from term I get command unknown - urrrrghghgghhg!! Also I am unable to open System -> Preferences -> Sound... When I try, I get a message saying "Waiting for Sound System to Respond" and nothing happens. Has anyone ran into this yet? Does anyone know how to correct the problem? I just ran the Ubuntu 9.10 upgrade from a nicely working 9.04 install and now my sound does not work at all. Prior to the upgrade I was able to get my USB speakers to work by following the above steps. When I try “asoundconf list” from term I get command unknown – urrrrghghgghhg!!

Also I am unable to open System -> Preferences -> Sound… When I try, I get a message saying “Waiting for Sound System to Respond” and nothing happens.

Has anyone ran into this yet? Does anyone know how to correct the problem?

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