[LAU] wine and sound

[rosea grammostola]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com>wrote:

> rosea grammostola wrote:
>
>> I'm experimenting a bit with commercial software and wine. I'm not want to
>> use it myself but want to show my friends what is possible.
>>
>> I'm following this howto:
>> http://www.davehayes.org/2007/04/27/howto-reaper-on-ubuntu-linux-with-wineasio
>>
>> But when I start wine I get:
>>
>> ~$ winecfg
>> fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on M Audio Audiophile
>> 24/96, disabling mixer
>>
>>  This "error" simply indicates that there's no mixer element to your sound
> device. My M-Audio Delta 66 yields the same report. I think you can safely
> ignore it.
>
>  When I hit the sound tab, my system (ubuntu hardy) freezes and I've to
>> reboot
>>
>> What could this be?
>>
> A much more serious problem. I have no idea yet what's going on "behind the
> scenes" with sound on Ubuntu. Maybe a Pulseaudio problem ?
>
> Best,
>
> dp
>
Thanks for your reply.

Is pulseaudio useful? or can I remove it?
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