Considering ConsoleKit and GSettings/DConf

[Trevor Saunders]

Hi,

> >>so important, but with ALSA and other audio output methods,
> >>it's crucial since we block everyone else.
> >Yes this is correct because the _mainstream_ soundserver uses the
> >hardware directly and doesn't communicate over alsa's dmix
> >infrastructure.
> >If someone would add this options to the distros main soundconfiguraton,
> 
> The reason why PulseAudio can't go through dmix is technical.
> It couldn't get the timing right, and it does the job better than dmix.
> At least the algorithm is better, I have my doubts about the current
> implementation :)

this is a pulse issue, but just no.  That's not ok error handling.  if pulse 
wants to
do creepy things that mean it has an exclusive lock on alsa that's fine, but if
it can't get that lock it *can* still work, it can fallback to using dmix.  I
would think the pulse developers would realize that suboptimal functioning is
better than not at all.

trev

> 
> Best regards,
> Hynek Hanke
> 
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