Cinnamon/Gnome3 pulseaudio safe remove

gturtle · 2012-10-30 08:06:46

Hello,

I would like to remove pusleaudio and start use ALSA directly.

pacman -Rs pulseaudio

throws

checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: gnome-settings-daemon: requires pulseaudio
:: pulseaudio-alsa: requires pulseaudio

Is there any way to remove it correctly?

ngoonee · 2012-10-30 08:11:47

'Depends' means exactly that. There is no 'correct' way to remove pulseaudio if you're using gnome.

If you want a pulseaudio-less system using gnome you'd have to do a bit more modification than it seems you're able to (purely based on this question).

gturtle · 2012-10-30 08:58:17

ngoonee wrote:

'Depends' means exactly that. There is no 'correct' way to remove pulseaudio if you're using gnome.
If you want a pulseaudio-less system using gnome you'd have to do a bit more modification than it seems you're able to (purely based on this question).

I see. But as i understand it is possible to disable pulseaudio and make system to use ALSA instead, isn't it?

ngoonee · 2012-10-30 09:24:11

gturtle wrote:

ngoonee wrote:
'Depends' means exactly that. There is no 'correct' way to remove pulseaudio if you're using gnome.
If you want a pulseaudio-less system using gnome you'd have to do a bit more modification than it seems you're able to (purely based on this question).
I see. But as i understand it is possible to disable pulseaudio and make system to use ALSA instead, isn't it?

Yes. It is also possible to recompile your kernel. That doesn't mean anyone's going to walk you through the steps necessary. At least the kernel is made to be compiled. Gnome is not written to be run without pulseaudio.

google.com is your friend, if you still want to do that.

MatejLach · 2012-10-30 20:47:10

gturtle wrote:

ngoonee wrote:
'Depends' means exactly that. There is no 'correct' way to remove pulseaudio if you're using gnome.
If you want a pulseaudio-less system using gnome you'd have to do a bit more modification than it seems you're able to (purely based on this question).
I see. But as i understand it is possible to disable pulseaudio and make system to use ALSA instead, isn't it?

As ngoonee says, you'll have to recompile gnome without pulseaudio support yourself and that is a bit of a hassle as pulseaudio is an "integral" part of gnome now, however you can try to disable pulseaudio instead.
Have a look here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 17#p928817

Last edited by MatejLach (2012-10-30 20:48:01)

mrunion · 2012-10-31 00:26:47

Why disable it? Just curious. I really don't understand all the "I don't like {pulseaudio,systemd} threads. It works, right? Just use it.

Last edited by mrunion (2012-10-31 00:27:00)

kukrimate · 2016-01-31 13:39:13

I have a somewhat ugly but simple fix:
chmod -x /usr/bin/pulseaudio
killall pulseaudio
This will take care of it

x33a · 2016-02-02 07:22:03

@kukrimate,

please don't necrobump, especially with hackish solutions.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … bumping.22

Closing.

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#1 2012-10-30 08:06:46

Cinnamon/Gnome3 pulseaudio safe remove

#2 2012-10-30 08:11:47

Re: Cinnamon/Gnome3 pulseaudio safe remove

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Re: Cinnamon/Gnome3 pulseaudio safe remove

#4 2012-10-30 09:24:11

Re: Cinnamon/Gnome3 pulseaudio safe remove

#5 2012-10-30 20:47:10

Re: Cinnamon/Gnome3 pulseaudio safe remove

#6 2012-10-31 00:26:47

Re: Cinnamon/Gnome3 pulseaudio safe remove

#7 2016-01-31 13:39:13

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