[pulseaudio-discuss] PA 0.9.15 breaks skype again

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Maxim Levitsky at 27/04/09 22:48 did gyre and gimble:
> I also have 64-bit system, how it worse?

As skype is a 32-bit app, you have to compile pulse in 32 bit mode as 
well as 64 bit mode (32 bit for the client libraries used by skype (via 
alsa) and 64 bit for your actual system daemon).

In theory you could just build the 32 bit only version and run it, but I 
don't really have the build deps for 32 bit builds on my machine and 
can't be bothered installing them right now...

> I will bisect, but for now I have some troubles, namely ubuntu patched
> the PA.
> 
> They seem to install few alsa config files.

Everyone patches it in some small way, and alsa config is not a major 
component I wouldn't have thought. Besides you wont be using their 
packages to do the bisecting, just a local git clone, most likely with 
an private install prefix and tweaks to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PATH 
variables fro when you run it (and skype).

> I put them to /usr/share alsa manually, and also edited the ./.asoundrc,
> yet I can play sound with aplay -D pulse, but skype emits no sound at
> all, I feel that this is due to missing patches. I take a deeper look at
> this sightly later.
> (skype even refused to show pulse device it its settings till I added it
> to .asoundrc)

Personally, I'd just keep your system pulse package installed and use a 
custom prefix on your local git build. It's much more manageable that 
way IMO.

> As for skype attitude, I fully agree, but I have to use it due to other
> end.

Yup, I know the feeling!

Col

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