<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Hello. I am forced to send an email to this group. I am not big fan of pulseaudio generally. If not for Firefox requirement of pulse audio - I'd not install pulse audio at all. What am I trying to do: I am trying to route pulse audio through default PCM in alsa. here is my .asoundrc which works perfectly fine untill I do 2 things. 1. Install Pulse Audio. 2. Restart PC. All commands and actions below are in chronological order. i was able to route pulseaudio over 'default' PCM. Here is my .asoundrc file: pcm.downmix { type vdownmix slave.pcm "hware" } pcm.dmixed1 { type dmix ipc_key 1029 slave { pcm "hware" period_time 0 # period_size 1024 buffer_size 8192 # rate 192000 rate 48000 # rate 96000 channels 2 format S32_LE } } pcm.hware{ type hw card 0 # rate 96000 } #actual dmix device pcm.dmixed { type dmix ipc_key 1024 slave { pcm "hw:0" period_time 0 # period_size 1024 buffer_size 8192 rate 192000 # rate 48000 # rate 96000 channels 2 format S32_LE } } #just something i amm messing with pcm.retarded{ type hw card 0 device 0 rate 192000 channels 2 } #USB mic pcm.dsnooped { type dsnoop ipc_key 1025 slave.pcm "hw:1,0" slave{ rate 48000 } } #makes possible for app to by default use input and output source. Usefull for anything VOIP pcm.duplex { type asym playback.pcm "dmixed" capture.pcm "dsnooped" } # Instruct ALSA to use pcm.duplex as the default device pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm{ @func getenv vars [ ALSA_PCM ] default "duplex" } } # FOR USER: to start app woth downmix option use: ALSA_PCM=downmix app_name #for steam ALSA_PCM=downmix %command% I naturally tweaked some settings. No settings being tweaked for alsa. Exception is .asoundrc. When I run pulseaudio after restart I get: dimko@(none)dimko's Desktop ~ $ pulseaudio E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=default"): initialization failed. Server is there and doesn't work I kill the pulseaudio wit ctrl c i do this: dimko@(none)dimko's Desktop ~ $ speaker-test speaker-test 1.1.6 Playback device is default Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels Using 16 octaves of pink noise ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.1.6-r1/work/alsa-lib-1.1.6/src/pcm/pcm_dmix.c:1099:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory No slightest doubt in my mind, issue NOT caused by alsa. To further prove that it's not .alsamixer. I move ,asoundrc file away dimko@(none)dimko's Desktop ~ $ pwd /home/dimko dimko@(none)dimko's Desktop ~ $ mv .asoundrc .asoundrc_moved I repeat operation of speaker testing to see if moving .asoundrc made any difference. Nope. speaker-test speaker-test 1.1.6 Playback device is default Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels Using 16 octaves of pink noise ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.1.6-r1/work/alsa-lib-1.1.6/src/pcm/pcm_dmix.c:1099:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory I have run this as root: (none)dimko's Desktop /home/dimko # cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm*/sub*/hw_params closed Changes I made to pulse server settings, under my specific user: dimko@(none)dimko's Desktop ~ $ cat /home/dimko/.config/pulse/default.pa load-module module-alsa-sink device=default load-module module-alsa-source device=default load-module module-native-protocol-unix Now with pulseaudio being down, i still have issues with alsa: dimko@(none)dimko's Desktop ~ $ ps aux |grep pulse dimko 8611 0.0 0.0 12400 924 pts/1 S+ 16:42 0:00 grep --colour=auto pulse dimko@(none)dimko's Desktop ~ $ speaker-test speaker-test 1.1.6 Playback device is default Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels Using 16 octaves of pink noise ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.1.6-r1/work/alsa-lib-1.1.6/src/pcm/pcm_dmix.c:1099:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory So whatever pulse is doing is extremely invasive and harmful. Even after you shut it down - it has effect on ALSA. So, how can I remedy it? How can i make pulse non invasive, and just use one PCM i want to generally use, that works just fine without pulse? I want something like this: pulse -> alsa PCM 'default' -> diver - > sound on my PC. I want pulse to act like program that can take other programs output? It already works that way if I install pulse and dont restart my computer. Also i noticed, that 'pulse' PCM is not present untill I restart my Gentoo. I did not modify systemd to start pulse by default. Anyone, please? Regards Dmitri </body> </html>