Re: PulseAudio

[Leo Famulari]

On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 01:26:32PM -0800, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
> Ludovic Courtès writes:
> 
> > Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:
> >
> >> I guess the factors are:
> >> 1) Does GuixSD have a default audio setup that we should target? If
> >> GuixSD uses PulseAudio, then I think it would be good for eSpeak to be
> >> integrated into that sytem.
> >> 2) Does this package, which launches PulseAudio, work for anyone on a
> >> foreign distro?
> >
> > It’s not written anywhere, but I think most of our audio packages target
> > PulseAudio (that’s what I use on GuixSD.)  I’m in favor of consistently
> > using it, and it would probably be best to write it down in the manual.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Ludo’.
> 
> I'd really like it if we just agreed that in general, yeah, we want
> Pulseaudio support.  I used to spend all sorts of time fighting my audio
> setup, being careful on what application opened first so I could be sure
> which one grabbed control of Alsa.  I hadn't had this problem in a few
> years, and it was so nice not to worry about it, but on Guix I've had
> some times where I have again... eg playing audio/video in Icecat
> seems not to use it for whatever reason, and it's a bummer, because then
> I have to be careful about when I start rhythmbox or whatever.
> 
> I'd love to mostly not worry/think about audio issues again!

Heh, that's why I uninstall PulseAudio every time a Debian upgrade
brings it in ;)

All kidding aside, I'm happy to push this with PulseAudio support, *if*
a GuixSD user can confirm that it works. I don't have sound on my GuixSD
installation.