[opensuse] Audio confusion/clarification
Hello SuSE people, Getting pretty confused and frustrated with KDE4.2 in my 11.1 testbed. Sound just doesn't work right. Don't ask. Different volumes which seem to be on different channels etc. Video playback with loud background and no foreground sound. Same on music CD's. So, many posts here about disabling/enabling phonon, alsa, gstreamer, xine. etc. All very confusing with no clear cut way to get decent sound. So, what's the deal? How does one get sound working properly in 11.1 and KDE 4.2? Has a guru come up with a solution to this morass? Is there any clear cut answer on what we should do, or flounder around till we get it somewhat right? Sorry if I sound cranky, and I am. Getting frustrated. Maybe I should stick with my rock solid 10.3 and KDE3.5.10 Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 11:58:09 pm Bob S wrote:
Sorry if I sound cranky, and I am. Getting frustrated. Maybe I should stick with my rock solid 10.3 and KDE3.5.10
How about removing PulseAudio? Just watch not to say "yes" on proposal that has long list of files to remove. You need KDE base and few more applications :-) -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 08 April 2009 01:40:20 am Rajko M. wrote:
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 11:58:09 pm Bob S wrote:
Sorry if I sound cranky, and I am. Getting frustrated. Maybe I should stick with my rock solid 10.3 and KDE3.5.10
How about removing PulseAudio?
Just watch not to say "yes" on proposal that has long list of files to remove. You need KDE base and few more applications :-)
Thanks Rajko, That's better.....not great.....but better. Question: Why does SuSE put in packages like PulseAudio when there are going to be conflicts? Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 11 April 2009 09:56:47 pm Bob S wrote:
On Wednesday 08 April 2009 01:40:20 am Rajko M. wrote:
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 11:58:09 pm Bob S wrote:
Sorry if I sound cranky, and I am. Getting frustrated. Maybe I should stick with my rock solid 10.3 and KDE3.5.10
How about removing PulseAudio?
Just watch not to say "yes" on proposal that has long list of files to remove. You need KDE base and few more applications :-)
Thanks Rajko,
That's better.....not great.....but better. Question: Why does SuSE put in packages like PulseAudio when there are going to be conflicts?
No idea. Few guesses, though. Sometimes application works fine even with low version number, sometimes it is flop. PulseAudio seems to conflict with default kernel settings of openSUSE that give have acceptable performances on newer hardware, and worse than before with older. You may put nohz=off as boot parameter to see if it does any good. If there is difference then include it in /boot/grub/menu.lst . You can also try to install rt kernel instead of default or pae and see is there any change. There is also problem with IO operations that can keep CPU busy waiting for input, but that is kernel problem independent from openSUSE. All that makes trouble to older hardware, while newer suffer lesser. For instance while writing this, I typed more then a whole word, and nothing appeared on the screen, then suddely all was there. Computer was busy while KMail was downloading emails. CPU wasn't overloaded, so it must be IO blocking output to the screen. I guess I'll install rt kernel and see what happens. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 12 April 2009 01:07:51 am Rajko M. wrote:
Question: Why does SuSE put in packages like PulseAudio when there are going to be conflicts?
No idea. Few guesses, though.
Sometimes application works fine even with low version number, sometimes it is flop. PulseAudio seems to conflict with default kernel settings of openSUSE that give have acceptable performances on newer hardware, and worse than before with older.
Wellll...my hardware is not that old. Maybe 3 years? AND, that is just the point though. Right? Fooling around introducing things without proper testing and verifying that it "just works"
You may put nohz=off as boot parameter to see if it does any good. If there is difference then include it in /boot/grub/menu.lst .
OK, I'll try that. But again why does the user have to do things like that. I would have no idea except for people like you.
You can also try to install rt kernel instead of default or pae and see is there any change.
Got a new kernel last night. Doubt it was an rt kernel, whatever that is.
There is also problem with IO operations that can keep CPU busy waiting for input, but that is kernel problem independent from openSUSE.
All that makes trouble to older hardware, while newer suffer lesser.
But still..........anybody working on that?
For instance while writing this, I typed more then a whole word, and nothing appeared on the screen, then suddely all was there. Computer was busy while KMail was downloading emails. CPU wasn't overloaded, so it must be IO blocking output to the screen.
I guess I'll install rt kernel and see what happens.
Thanks for trying to help. Let us know how the rt kernel works at solving anything. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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