[pulseaudio-discuss] Accessing audio as root

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 04/01/10 15:33 did gyre and gimble:
> 'Twas brillig, and Daniel Chen at 04/01/10 15:04 did gyre and gimble:
>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Tanu Kaskinen <tanuk at iki.fi> wrote:
>>> "switch = mute" makes the mixer element state follow pulseaudio's sink
>>> mute state, and I don't think you meant to do that. Use "switch = off"
>>> to set the element always off or "switch = on" to set it always on.
>>
>> FWIW, Ubuntu has carried this workaround for Live and Audigy devices,
>> but it's only a workaround. It should be fixed in ALSA, and I'll be
>> pushing a patch to alsa-utils (for the init db) to do this properly.
> 
> /me has a look to copying that for Gene....

Actually is this safe to do - i.e. disabling it wholesale? Is it not
used for digital output in some capacity (e.g. if the user picks a
digital profile)? Or is it perfectly "safe" to just turn it off all the
time? I don't have this h/w so can't easily test...

Col

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