[ATrpms-users] Audio issues with Asus M3N78-VM and FC9

[Larry K]

The myth wiki (
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound) suggests
that pulse (or any other sound server) should not be used with MythTV:

*The default in modern Linux systems that use the 2.6 kernel is now ALSA.
For MythTV installations it is advisable to turn off any sound servers that
sit on top of ALSA such as Pulse Audio or the KDE or Gnome sound servers. *

Are you saying I should reinstall pulse and use it?  Perhaps this wiki is
dated?  Seems like pulse just adds a layer of complexity.  However, if it is
necessary for my configuration, I can certainly give it a shot...

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Paulo Cavalcanti <promac at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Recently upgraded my Myth BE/FE combo machine using this new Asus board
>> and ATRPMs, and now I am having problems getting audio to work.
>>
>> The onboard audio chipset is VIA VT1708B, which supports up to 8
>> channels.  The Northbridge is GeForce 8200.
>>
>> My patch level:
>>
>> Linux myth 2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Sat Sep 20 03:45:00 EDT 2008 i686
>> athlon i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>> First, based on what I read here, I uninstalled the pulse audio server, or
>> at least I think I did.  I removed all the packages related to pulse that
>> did not also want to remove a ton of dependent things, including myth.  What
>> I have left is
>>
>> # rpm -qa | grep pulse
>> pulseaudio-libs-0.9.10-1.fc9.i386
>>
>> Removing this package requires that I remove some stuff I want to keep,
>> like myth. :)
>>
>> If there is a chance that the pulse server is causing this, how can I tell
>> if it is fully cleaned from my system?
>>
>
> You do not need to "clean" anything. alsa woks through plugins.
> The file /etc/alsa/pulse-default.conf from alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
> is the one which defines pulse as the default for alsa:
>
> # PulseAudio plugin configuration
>
> # Let's create a virtual device "pulse" for mixer and PCM
>
> pcm.pulse {
>     type pulse
> }
>
> ctl.pulse {
>     type pulse
> }
>
> # Let's make it the default!
>
> pcm.!default {
>     type pulse
> }
>
> ctl.!default {
>     type pulse
> }
>
>
> You can redefine the default in  your
>
> ~/.asoundrc
>
> or just delete pulse-default.conf
> Since you have already removed this package, alsa will not output
> trough pulse anymore.
>
> Also, alsa 1.0.18 is out. Maybe it will give you a better support for your
> card.
>
>
> --
> Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
> LCG - UFRJ
>
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