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====== PulseAudio Rationale ======
With the release of the first beta of what will be version 14.2, PulseAudio has been introduced as default audio server in Sl... A plugin for audio output, making the presence of PulseAudio mandatory for playing any audio coming from Bluet... branch had dropped ALSA support and now
required PulseAudio. So with some trepidation, we began investigating
====== PulseAudio ======
PulseAudio is a sound server running on top of some other sound system, usually ALSA. The original pu... tware mixing and transmit sound over network. Now PulseAudio is more than that, but it came at cost of increas... programs (cough, Skype v4.3+, cough) that require PulseAudio in order to have working sound. There is a projec
neck the system at the storage device.
==== Kill Pulseaudio ====
The default setup from boot of Slackware Live DAW has pulseaudio running and available to the JACK server. Having pulseaudio enabled is useful for getting audio out of programs that connect to pulseaudio instead of JACK (like a browser). However, if you
Troubleshooting =====
==== Sound does not work (pulseaudio) ====
Slackware-14.2 switched to pulseaudio; if pulseaudio is not working as expected sound may not work in steam. The following fix could be tried if so