Hi.
I use pulseaudio on my OpenSuSE. During installation, YaST asks whether I want to enable it (there is a checkbox named ‘enable pulseaudio’ or the like, and I always make sure it’s checked).
However, when the system is installed, I always find that there is no pulseaudio package in the system. So I have to launch YaST and install it myself. This seemed very odd to me, considering that I explicitly choose the ‘use pulseaudio’ option during install.
And then some time ago I decided to watch the installation logs which YaST shows on the screen, and I saw a message saying ‘removing pulseaudio…’, as if removing a package during system installation was an absolutely normal thing to do.
Why does YaST do that?
It is totally normal to have Pulse installed never heard of the installer asking.
What are you doing during the install that Yast would ask that?? 
On 2015-01-29 17:26, ScumCoder wrote:
> Why does YaST do that?
I have never seen that problem you describe. I can only imagine that you
selected for install something else that conflicts with pulse. Another
sound server, perhaps.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
http://thumbnails109.imagebam.com/38592/660963385914973.jpg](ImageBam)
http://thumbnails111.imagebam.com/38592/8e3cf7385914976.jpg](ImageBam)
Nothing.
No. I always leave all software configuration in its default state during installation.
Okay, I actually went and installed OpenSUSE 13.2 x86_64 into a VirtualBox just to show you some screenshots.
Again, I did NO modifications during pre-installation sequence. It was just “Next->Next->Next->OK”.
So, the first thing that YaST does during installation is… removing the alsa-plugins-pulse package:
http://thumbnails112.imagebam.com/38593/9325c5385921321.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/9325c5385921321)
…then it did some work ‘enabling’ pulseaudio:
http://thumbnails110.imagebam.com/38593/9b6486385921323.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/9b6486385921323)
…and then deleted it:
http://thumbnails109.imagebam.com/38593/7fd768385921325.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/7fd768385921325)
Of course, there was no pulseaudio package once the system was installed.
Don’t know maybe your sound card is not supported??? :\
On 2015-01-30 16:56, ScumCoder wrote:
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> gogalthorp;2691952 Wrote:
>> It is totally normal to have Pulse installed never heard of the
>> installer asking.
> ‘[image: http://thumbnails109.imagebam.com/38592/660963385914973.jpg]’
> (http://www.imagebam.com/image/660963385914973)
> ‘[image: http://thumbnails111.imagebam.com/38592/8e3cf7385914976.jpg]’
> (http://www.imagebam.com/image/8e3cf7385914976)
New 13.2 feature? :-?
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
On 2015-01-30 17:26, ScumCoder wrote:
>
> Okay, I actually went and installed OpenSUSE 13.2 x86_64 into a
> VirtualBox just to show you some screenshots.
…
> Of course, there was no pulseaudio package once the system was
> installed.
Dunno. Weird. You might report this in Bugzilla, attaching the
installation logs.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
I’ve installed OpenSuSE 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, and 13.2 on about a dozen of different PCs and laptops with completely different configurations, and the behavior was exactly the same on all platforms and with all distribution versions.
Actually, I’m kinda surprised I’m the only one who is concerned about this phenomenon. I’m pretty sure there are lots of people who get the same result installing OpenSuSE.
Actually, this feature was removed in 13.2. These screenshots are from 13.1.
I don’t remember seeing it in 13.1 I always got pulse installed by default no questions about it at all.
On 2015-01-30 21:16, ScumCoder wrote:
> Actually, I’m kinda surprised I’m the only one who is concerned about
> this phenomenon. I’m pretty sure there are lots of people who get the
> same result installing OpenSuSE.
Nope, I have never noticed it.
Although I can’t be absolutely sure if pulse is installed from the
start, or later, after installation, when I configure sound.
Maybe the difference is that I don’t configure sound during the
installation, but later, after the first boot or even later.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
On 2015-01-30 21:26, ScumCoder wrote:
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> robin_listas;2692191 Wrote:
>>
>> New 13.2 feature? :-?
> Actually, this feature was -removed- in 13.2. These screenshots are from
> 13.1.
Curious. We must be doing it different.
Me, I avoid configuring hardware during installation. I configure boot,
choose some extra packages, perhaps change some settings. I don’t
configure printer or sound. I would have to make another install now to
figure out what exactly I do, and watch out for those messages.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
Your wish = my command:
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=915652