:: Re: [DNG] ..alsa+apulse and torbrow…
Top Page
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Author: Simon Walter
Date:  
To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] ..alsa+apulse and torbrowser... rpath is /usr/lib/apulse and is too long???
On 1/22/19 4:38 PM, golinux@??? wrote:
> On 2019-01-22 01:12, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:04:02 +0900, Simon wrote in message
>> <24516662-997c-fa54-ab14-d12437192876@???>:
>>
>>> IMCO, If a piece of software requires PulseAudio, it deserves to be
>>> silent.
>>
>> ..agreed, except the Tor Browser users are a little too important to
>> leave alone in PulseAudio/Systemd hands, for some Tor Browser users,
>> this is a life or death issue, as some regimes actually do commit
>> murders on people they like to see dead and buried.


I don't see what sound has to do with that. Gotta have that video stream?

>>
>>> I run a studio and muck around with "pro" linux audio apps from time
>>> to time but mostly xwax. That is why I knew Systemd would be no good.
>>> I want to hear the excuses for wasting CPU cycles and damaging ears
>>> from you-know-who.
>>
>> ..I'd rather use this thread for practical advice on setting up
>> alsa + apulse + torbrowser configurations, which will be more
>> useful to Tor Browser users not trusting PulseAudio or Systemd.>
> I've been waiting for a good apulse howto to appear for along time.
> Maybe that time has finally come.


Hopefully torbrowser doesn't need much. If you know how PulseAudio
works, apulse should be simple. Maybe there are backports for Ascii. If
you want a hand building and testing apulse on Jessie, let me know.
Happy to kick the tyres for you.