[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#528025: Bug#528025: libasound2-plugins: alsa does not use the pulse plugin

[Johan Bilien]

On Sun, May 10, 2009, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> * Johan Bilien [090510 13:40 +0200]
> > Package: libasound2-plugins
> > Version: 1.0.19-2
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > No matter what I try, alsa does not pick up the pulse plugin:
> > 
> > 
> > $ cat /etc/asound.conf 
> > pcm.pulse {
> >     type pulse
> > }
> > 
> > ctl.pulse {
> >     type pulse
> > }
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > $ aplay -Dpulse /usr/share/sounds/phone.wav 
> > ALSA lib pcm.c:2075:(snd_pcm_open_conf) type is not defined
> > aplay: main:590: audio open error: No such file or directory
> 
> What tells
> $ ps aux | grep puls
> ?

$ ps ax |grep pul
 3828 ?        S<sl   0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start
 3838 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
 4339 pts/1    R+     0:00 grep pul

$ aplay -Dpulse /usr/share/sounds/phone.wav 
ALSA lib pcm.c:2075:(snd_pcm_open_conf) type is not defined
aplay: main:590: audio open error: No such file or directory


And banshee is happily playing music in the background using gstreamer's
pulse sink.