[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #900: PulseAudio/Alsa problems

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#900: PulseAudio/Alsa problems
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  Reporter:  RichardRogers  |       Owner:  lennart
      Type:  defect         |      Status:  closed 
 Milestone:                 |   Component:  daemon 
Resolution:  invalid        |    Keywords:         
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Changes (by coling):

  * status:  reopened => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 OK, so the problem is that you simply do not have the necessary packages
 installed. You have the configuration to use PA from ALSA, but not the
 libraries that are needed by that configuration.

 The changes you pushed into your ~/.asoundrc file do nothing by themselves
 they simply create a "device" named "pulse". You could use that via a
 command such as "aplay -Dpulse somefile.wav" but that doesn't address any
 problem. The problem is certainly that you've either:
  1. Never installed the alsa-pulse plugin.
  2. At some point accidentally uninstalled the alsa-pulse plugin
  3. At some point accidentally deleted the .so file from the alsa-pulse
 plugin.

 I advise you to use your package management software that comes with your
 distribution to search for this missing file and install the relevant
 package.

 This is very much not a bug in PulseAudio for which this bug tracker is
 intended. This is a configuration and setup issue that should be handled
 through your Linux distribution, not with the upstream project. How
 distributions package and ship PulseAudio and the various tools and
 interfaces they make available for configuring it are varied and diverse
 and we, as an upstream project, simply cannot gain the knowledge of all
 these variations needed to provide end-user support. Please speak to
 people from your distribution support channels who will be able to advise
 you best.

 Again, with your second question, you mention Yum. This would suggest you
 are using Fedora or CentOS or some other Redhat variant. I suggest
 strongly that you seek advice from their forums or bug squads or IRC
 channels. If you cannot use a local IRC client, then the webclient I
 previously linked should serve you well.



 As some parting advice, you said you "downloaded" BitchX. This is a
 strange term to use. Normally we would say "installed" BitchX. If you
 literally went to the BitchX website and downloaded the software (either
 in precompiled or source form) from them, then you are likely doing
 something wrong. If you are used to a Windows world, this is indeed the
 norm, but under Linux a given application is usually compiled and
 distributed with the "Linux distribution". You should have a package
 management application that you can use to install all the relevant
 applications. If you are new to Linux, I can strongly recommend seeking
 out a local LUG (or Linux User Group) where you can get direct, hands on,
 advice and help to get you started.

 As this is a support question, I'll close this bug again as invalid.

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