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[SOLVED] Sound handler

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#1

Does Debian allow one to choose a sound handler before any sound can be played? For example: Pulseaudio or esound.

#2

If you have pulse audio installed, then you can go to System > Pref > Sound > Devices and set pulse as the default. Try this how to: :p

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=997506

#3

gettinoriginal said: If you have pulse audio installed, then you can go to System > Pref > Sound > Devices and set pulse as the default. Try this how to: :p

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=997506

Not really what I was looking for. I asked whether or not Debian installs pulseaudio by default or can I choose a sound handler.

#4

Izek said: Not really what I was looking for. I asked whether or not Debian installs pulseaudio by default or can I choose a sound handler.

Debian's "defaults" are not that simple. It ranges from the net install CD (which installs nothing by default) to a full installation, which varies further based on which options you choose.

But to answer your question, yes, you have the option of using whatever Linux sound software you desire.

#5

So if I choose the net installation, I can choose many things to install myself because it doesn't choose anything by default.

But with a full installation there will be a choice prompt for me to choose a sound handler? If so, it will show that esound is selectable?

I really don't like pulseaudio because it takes up cpu/etc. when running totem.

#6

Izek said: But with a full installation there will be a choice prompt for me to choose a sound handler? If so, it will show that esound is selectable?

I can't say that there isn't such a prompt, because I've never done a full installation, but I really doubt there is. The install-helpers generally allow you to select things like which db server and which desktop environment -- it doesn't go into the kind of detail your looking for.

I really don't like pulseaudio because it takes up cpu/etc. when running totem.

You don't have to use it in any distro. To me, reconfiguring an existing setup to run how you want it is a lot easier than installing a new distro from scratch.

#7

Thanks, when jaunty comes out, I may try to do that. Uninstall pulseaudio and install esound.