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Skywave uses PulseAudio as the default sound server. But since PulseAudio cannot directly communicate with the audio hardware, it still needs tools like ALSA to function. We can remove pulseaudio and configure the system to use only ALSA. First remove pulseaudio. | Skywave uses PulseAudio as the default sound server. But since PulseAudio cannot directly communicate with the audio hardware, it still needs tools like ALSA to function. We can remove pulseaudio and configure the system to use only ALSA. First remove pulseaudio. | ||
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sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio | sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio | ||
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| + | You will no longer have a volume control mixer applet. Now you can install one for ALSA. | ||
| + | sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer | ||
Revision as of 19:19, 21 October 2016
Skywave Linux is a specialized version of Ubuntu Linux with preconfigured amateur radio related software and utilities.
working though post-installation problems
unknown monitor
I found that my monitor could not be properly detected when I used an analog VGA connector. Connecting via HDMI resoloved the problem.
no sound / pulseaudio freezes machine
PulseAudio is problematic.
1). Option I - attempt to resolve "no sound" issue with PulseAudio. If this fails then it is recommended to go to Option II.
2). Option II - Remove PulseAudio & use ALSA
The ALSA sound server does not have all of the features of PulseAudio, however, it seems to be far more stable.
Skywave uses PulseAudio as the default sound server. But since PulseAudio cannot directly communicate with the audio hardware, it still needs tools like ALSA to function. We can remove pulseaudio and configure the system to use only ALSA. First remove pulseaudio.
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
You will no longer have a volume control mixer applet. Now you can install one for ALSA.
sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer
