[pulseaudio-discuss] Pulseaudio is terrible! How to bypass?

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Joerg Anders at 05/01/10 10:00 did gyre and gimble:
> Both is terrible! Therefore: Could please anybody describe a how
> to install Ubuntu 9.10 /Fedora 11 bypassing the installation of PulseAudio!

Nope, but in Mandriva you simply run draksound (or the main
configuration app and pick the appropriate category) and untick the "Use
PulseAudio" box. <ironic stupid new word of the previous
year>Simples.</ironic stupid new word of the previous year>


Of course the real problem is the fact that the apps you mention are not
running as the user accessing them and who currently has the right to
the audio h/w as defined by console-kit (a subsystem below PA, but which
PA integrates nicely with) meaning that there is a security hole in that
this other user can evesdrop on your sound session and potentially steal
sensitive information. These apps should be fixed to not be system
services but instead run as the user when appropriate.

Col

PS, FWIW, if you are looking for support from the PA community, you
should really refrain from using the kind of subject you did as this is
very unlikely to garner much support from the community members and the
fact that you blame PA for exposing the poor security model of these
other apps also does not seem to be an argument that will stand up to
the test of time....


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