[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#845090: Bug#845090: /usr/bin/alsamixer: alsamixer -c0 starts pulseaudio

[Juha Jäykkä]

> > > I think the only chance to run alsamixer without starting pulse is
> > > to pulseaudio -k and autospawn pulse.
> > Is this not a bug?
> Starting pulseaudio automagic is a feature implemented in pulseaudio;-)

So in short, it's either all or nothing? I.e. if I want *some* programs, which 
are linked against libpulse0, *not* to mess my mixer settings up because 
libpulse0 automagically starts pulseudio even when the program is explicitly 
asked to use something else, my only option is to never allow pulseaudio to 
start, even if for some programs I would actually prefer that?

This brings back memories of security bugs in Windows programs in the 90s 
which were claimed to be features by MS… MS has learned since…

Cheers,
Juha