Simon Lees composed on 2016-03-29 11:51 (UTC+1030):
Felix Miata wrote:
Maybe other DE's on openSUSE are still automatically starting some other sound server or start the pulse audio server without this package. That is mostly what i'm trying to find out here :), you can probably help answer the question by telling me if you had to do any other configuration to get a sound server to start on your machines?
That's really what the following refers to.
Making sound work in Linux is probably the most vexing of routinely encountered problems. YaST makes it easier than elsewhere, but far from bulletproof. https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Audio_troubleshooting is probably worse than useless, good only for adding confusion to a confusing topic.
I was able to establish no reliable sequence of actions or events that I could count on to result in sound working everywhere it ought. Among tools used besides YaST2, gui $MIXER and gui $SYSTEMSETTINGS -> multimedia, I recall ATM only: alsactl alsamixer aplay set_default_volume Conspicuously absent is any tool beginning with string pulse. As Pulseaudio seems to be defined as a layer in between apps and ALSA, it naturally follows that it would amount to little but a way to complicate installations trying to adhere to KISS principles. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org