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> PA process hanging around in the background eating 20% of my cpu Sounds like a misconfiguration if anything. For a typical user - PulseAudio "just works" an
by Alupis 10y ago
> PA process hanging around in the background eating 20% of my cpu
Sounds like a misconfiguration if anything.
For a typical user - PulseAudio "just works" and there's no more to it than that. It does make large improvements over just plain ALSA, and as far as I know, is included in all the major Linux distros... so many folks use it and never even know nor think about it.
- officialchicken 10y ago> For a typical user - PulseAudio "just works" and there's no more to it than that Nope. Sleep mode, no matter what distro you use, causes issues from 2008 until today [0][1][2]...[n] [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Troubleshoot... [1] http://askubuntu.com/questions/762816/ubuntu-16-04-changes-sound-device-after-suspend-how-to-fix http://askubuntu.com/questions/762816/ubuntu-16-04-changes-s... [2] https://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=13979 https://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=13979
- the_mitsuhiko 10y agoSeems fixed https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93946 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93946
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- AstralStorm 10y agoThis is where using Debian Stable will bite you. The issue has been fixed 2 PulseAudio releases back.
- esaym 10y agoI might try it out again. On paper PA sounds cool, but as a power user, when I look at what processes are running on my machine, I don't like seeing any more than I have to. From my simple perspective (as a debian user), everything on my laptop works fine sound-wise. Then I want to be "cool" and use the latest and greatest, so I install (what I think to be) all the needed PA packages and reboot my machine. I notice nothing different other than now I have a background process that consumes CPU resources when ever a sound is playing. I don't like that, and it seems strange. I've tried to figure out what exactly the linux sound system looks like under the hood, but I really can't. And then I come across pages like this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/581128/what-is-the-relation-between-alsa-and-pulseaudio-sound-architecture http://askubuntu.com/questions/581128/what-is-the-relation-b... that flat out state PA just sits on top of ALSA. So in my mind, if everything just works with out PA, why install it?
- em3rgent0rdr 10y ago> "PA just sits on top of ALSA. So in my mind, if everything just works with out PA, why install it?" Yes, PA sits on top of ALSA. But PA does have other features, for example sending audio over the network, which is something that I have used on systems that don't have soundcards (e.g. Windows Subsystem for Linux) and for routing all my audio through my OpenWRT router which is connected to my high quality stereo (which allows all computers in my room to output audio to speakers without any cables). Also things like grabbing audio out from one app and recording to audacity is easy with PA. That being said, I'm the type of person that prefers minimal systems, in which case I usually stick to LXDE sans-pulse, and if I do need advanced audio processing, then I go with Jack.
- asveikau 10y agoI have flat out never seen it work on my systems, and that ain't for lack of trying. I dread when somebody suggests using it to solve a problem because it is a "now you have two problems" solution.
- Alupis 10y agoTried recently? I'm certain if there were these major "show-stopping" issues, at least a few of the big distros would have noticed by now.