Re: (tutorial) How to use PulseAudio on NetBSD

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-netbsd%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On 18 November 2015 at 16:04, Adrien Fernandes
<adrien_fernandes2%hotmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> First of all, you need hal and dbus to be started.

Hal is no longer needed for pulseaudio

> # /etc/rc.d/hal onestart

as above


> Once this is done, let's set up PulseAudio.

>
> Now, the last part of this tutorial is to set up
> /usr/pkg/etc/pulse/default.pa
>
> In this file, find this line :
>
> #load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
>
> uncomment it (delete the "#" in front of the line) and change "/dev/dsp"
> into "/dev/audioX" (X is the number of the device, in my case, it is
> /dev/audio0)
>
> Then, lower in the same file, find this line :
>
> load-module module-detect
>
> And comment it (add a "#" in front of the line)

What's the use of that? I have not touched
/usr/pkg/etc/pulse/default.pa, yet I have pulseaudio working.


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Ottavio