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

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Juha Jäykkä <juhaj at iki.fi> [2016-12-22 20:30 +0000]:

> > > > 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,

Hmm, are there applications which need pulseaudio to work? I do have
a system which works fine without pulse. You can use pulse to
provide sound in a network which can other sound servers like
jackausio as well...

Elimar
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