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diff --git a/audio/sndio/README.SBo b/audio/sndio/README.SBo new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5d52e64d38 --- /dev/null +++ b/audio/sndio/README.SBo @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +sndio on Linux works on top of ALSA (or OSS, if THAT is what you have). + +Before you start using sndio, make sure to disable all other sound servers, +these include PulseAudio, PipeWire, Jack. + +Default slackware installation ships with PulseAudio over ALSA, so you have to +disable PulseAudio. To disable PulseAudio, run the following lines as root: + +``` +# Disable pulseaudio.desktop: +if ! grep -q "^Hidden=true$" /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop ; then + echo "Hidden=true" >> /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop +fi + +# Edit /etc/pulse/client.conf to disable autospawn: +sed -i "s/autospawn = yes/autospawn = no/g" /etc/pulse/client.conf +sed -i "s/allow-autospawn-for-root = yes/allow-autospawn-for-root = no/g" /etc/pulse/client.conf +``` + +Save the following as '~/.asoundrc': + +``` +# See https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Asoundrc for more details. +# Set default sound card to use. +pcm.!default { + type hw + card 0 +} + +# Set default sound cards to control via alsamixer. +ctl.!default { + type hw + card 0 +} +``` + +To start sndiod at boot, append the following snippet to '/etc/rc.d/rc.local': + +``` +if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt ]; then + /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt start +fi +``` + +And make sure that file is executable. |