Re: PulseAudio

[Alex Sassmannshausen]

Hiya,

Ricardo Wurmus writes:

> Alex Sassmannshausen <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>>
>>> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>>> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> I use it all the time and it works, except for IceCat & co. as Chris
>>>> notes, which try to use ALSA directly.
>>>
>>> Does this mean you do not hear sound coming from IceCat and its plugins
>>> with the example desktop system configuration?
>>
>> This is my experience too: works lovely for things like VLC, but not so
>> much for IceCat.
>
> How strange!  Do you have a configuration file “~/.asoundrc” or
> “/etc/asound.conf” that reroutes ALSA to PulseAudio?
>
> I’m not using PulseAudio on GuixSD and I have sound in media players and
> browser alike.

Sorry — I think I misunderstood what is going on: seems I don't have
PulseAudio enabled on my system at the moment — please ignore the noise.

Still curious why I don't have sound in my browser… more investigation
on my side needed it seems.

Cheers,

Alex