Problem with audio.

surrealistic · 2011-07-24 22:20:53

Hi, I have a problem with audio in ArchLinux. When I'm using various applications with sound, I can't hear all applications. For example I run emesene, Exaile, tuxguitar and firefox with youtube, if I'm listening a song in Exaile, the sound of the other applications not hear. I can listen only one sound. What could be? Thanks

dahankzter · 2011-07-25 00:09:05

I have recently switched to Pulseaudio and it works great for all sorts of sound. Pulseaudio section in the docs should cover most things you need.

oboedad55 · 2011-07-25 07:11:41

I too am using pulseaudio with no problems. Which DE or WM are you using?

surrealistic · 2011-07-25 08:14:33

Hi, thank you for the answers. I have installed pulseaudio, but I also think I have alsa. I was trying various methods to fix it, but still the same.

oboedad55: Sorry, what is DE and WM? I don't know what is.

Thanks.

oboedad55 · 2011-07-25 08:17:43

Sorry about that. DE= desktop environment, like KDE, Gnome. WM= windows manager.

surrealistic · 2011-07-25 08:31:43

Thank you, desktop environment I'm using is Gnome 3.

oboedad55 · 2011-07-25 08:51:01

If you install pulseaudio as suggested in the link above, you should have no problem. I tried alsa too, but pulse works better for me. If you have alsa installed you might want to uninstall it first.

surrealistic · 2011-07-25 12:40:56

Hi, I'm trying uninstall alsa and try with pulse, but I can't uninstall alsa. Appears the next message:

comprobando dependencias...
error: error al preparar la transacción (no se pudieron satisfacer las dependencias)
:: pulseaudio-alsa: necesita alsa-plugins

When I tray to uninstall also "pulseaudio-alsa", appears the next message:

comprobando dependencias...
error: error al preparar la transacción (no se pudieron satisfacer las dependencias)
:: gnome-settings-daemon: necesita pulseaudio-alsa

Thanks

karol · 2011-07-25 12:52:33

surrealistic wrote:

Hi, I'm trying uninstall alsa and try with pulse, but I can't uninstall alsa. Appears the next message:
comprobando dependencias...
error: error al preparar la transacción (no se pudieron satisfacer las dependencias)
:: pulseaudio-alsa: necesita alsa-plugins
When I tray to uninstall also "pulseaudio-alsa", appears the next message:
comprobando dependencias...
error: error al preparar la transacción (no se pudieron satisfacer las dependencias)
:: gnome-settings-daemon: necesita pulseaudio-alsa

Thanks

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Last edited by karol (2011-07-25 12:54:36)

doorknob60 · 2011-07-30 01:29:33

You don't remove alsa to make pulse work. ALSA is built into the kernel, and Pulseaudio is a sound server that runs on top of ALSA, it doesn't replace it. So as long as Pulseaudio is installed and set up correctly, everything should work, you don't have to worry about removing ALSA or anything like that.

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#1 2011-07-24 22:20:53

Problem with audio.

#2 2011-07-25 00:09:05

Re: Problem with audio.

#3 2011-07-25 07:11:41

Re: Problem with audio.

#4 2011-07-25 08:14:33

Re: Problem with audio.

#5 2011-07-25 08:17:43

Re: Problem with audio.

#6 2011-07-25 08:31:43

Re: Problem with audio.

#7 2011-07-25 08:51:01

Re: Problem with audio.

#8 2011-07-25 12:40:56

Re: Problem with audio.

#9 2011-07-25 12:52:33

Re: Problem with audio.

#10 2011-07-30 01:29:33

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