[pulseaudio-discuss] Does pulseaudio require alsa/oss

[John Frankish]

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pulseaudio-discuss-bounces at mail.0pointer.de [mailto:pulseaudio-
> > discuss-bounces at mail.0pointer.de] On Behalf Of Colin Guthrie
> > Sent: Wednesday, 21 April, 2010 11:51
> > To: pulseaudio-discuss at mail.0pointer.de
> > Subject: Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Does pulseaudio require alsa/oss
> >
> > 'Twas brillig, and John Frankish at 21/04/10 07:15 did gyre and
> gimble:
> > > OK, now that's clear, I tried the following with:
> > >
> > > $ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
> > > HDA Intel at 0xefebc000 irq 28
> > >
> > > kernel  2.6.33.2
> > >
> > > pulseaudio-0.9.21 patched
> > >
> > > [PATCH] udev: handle sound cards with both modem and audio
> > > [PATCH] udev: rework modem detection a bit
> > >
> > > [copy 90-pulseaudio.rules /etc/udev/rules.d]
> >
> > FWIW, you probably want a lot more patches than that. Basically
> > anything
> > that's in the stable-queue git branch.
> >
> > What distro is this? Generally speaking your distro maintainer will
> > make sure you have a working setup OOTB.
> >
> > > > www.tinycorelinux.com
> >
> >
> 
> I compiled pulseaudio from git as of 01 May 2010 and still have the
> same problem:
> 
> udev-detect does not find any hardware
> module-detect does find the hardware
> 
> I attached the output from "pulseaudio -vv" in both cases - any ideas?
> 
> BTW, and not connected I know, but I can play music via rhythmbox by
> using gstreamer-properties to change the source to pulseaudio, but if I
> try use pavucontrol, only the dummy source shows and sound output is
> muted unless I use gstreamer-properties to switch back to alsa as
> source.
> 
> Thanks for the help so far.
> 
OK, so I have pavucontrol working and can switch between streams from the built in sound card and
Bluetooth headphones.

The udev detection still does not work - is there any recommended trouble-shooting I can try?

Does a user have to be a member of a pulseaudio group for udev to work?

John