"Pulsectomy" howto?`

[Ryan Rix]

Alan Dayley wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Jim March<1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It's VERY easy to give Ubuntu a "Pulsectomy".
>>
> 
> Got a pointer for doing that on Kubuntu 9.04?  It may solve my Flash
> and audio problem.
> 

Just apt-get remove it :) KDE's system settings should automatically use the 
next device down (presumably your ALSA device) when it realizes that the 
pulseaudio device is broken.

The only trick comes when your hardware doesn't support mixing, when you 
should try dmix. Googling around will find you a quick howto for dmix.

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* wichert_ imagines master without a MTA
<james> wichert: ehm?  that might hinder peformance of the BTS :p

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