vinux and speakup

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 08:45:39AM -0500, Christopher Brannon wrote:
> Kenny Hitt <kenny at hittsjunk.net> writes:
> 
> > Hi.  Unless you edit files and enable options discouraged by the
> > pulseaudio developer, pulseaudio will take over all audio devices.
> > Once it grabs them, only apps that output through pulseaudio will be
> > able to generate sound.
> 
> Hi.  I have pulse running over here, on my ArchLinux system.  But I'm
> also running at least one application, namely espeakup, which does not
> use Pulse Audio.  No, Pulse does not run in system mode.  It runs as the
> user "chris", and I use it for music and other things.  Aside from
> adding the "chris" account to the realtime scheduling group, I don't
> remember doing anything special when I installed it.  So why does
> everyone else have problems with Pulse that I don't have?  Granted, my
> card does hardware mixing.  Maybe that explains it.
> 
> -- Chris
> _______________________________________________
Yes, that's why it works for you.  My card doesn't do hardware mixing, so I experience the issues.

          Kenny