[Xfce] Replace ALSA with PulseAudio

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Hi guys.

What i’d like to know is how to properly replace alsa with pulseaudio on my Xfce install of openSUSE 13.1. What I’d like to know is exactly what packages to install and uninstall.

(I’m asking because I’d love to have PA’s ability to charge the volume more than 100%).

Thanks and regards,

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Install the package “pulseaudio”, this should pull in all necessary stuff.

Then enable PulseAudio in YaST->Hardware->Sound->Other->PulseAudio Configuration.

Btw, PulseAudio doesn’t replace ALSA, it is actually using ALSA to produce sound… :wink:
It blocks ALSA for other programs though. So other applications cannot use it any more, you should install alsa-plugins-pulse (I think this should get pulled in automatically, but I’m not sure) to re-reroute applications using ALSA to PulseAudio instead.

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Hey wolfi.

Thanks again for being a lifesaver. I’ve done as you proposed, and it works, except i can’t find the option to turn the volume up more than a 100% in my volume mixer anywhere. Do i have to have anything installed additionally? Thanks!

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Update:

Seems i can’t edit the post, so i’m writing a new one.

So, for my problem, what i’d like is the xfce4-mixer to open pavucontrol when i open it. How could i achieve this? Is there any pavucontrol plugin for the xfce panel?

Thanks.

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You can only edit a post for 10 minutes after you posted it.

So, for my problem, what i’d like is the xfce4-mixer to open pavucontrol when i open it. How could i achieve this? Is there any pavucontrol plugin for the xfce panel?

I don’t know, I’m not using XFCE (and not even PulseAudio for that matter).
But I doubt that is possible.
You could maybe create some keyboard shortcut to launch pavucontrol or similar.

Perhaps this will help?
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=74762

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I use veromix in KDE. Don’t know if that widget works in Xfce. Probably not

A shortcut may be that thing for pavucontrol

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No, that’s a KDE plasmoid.

You could run plasma-desktop in XFCE, but I guess that’s not really what the OP would want. :wink:
Would make more sense to just switch to KDE completely in that case.

You could run it via plasma-windowed though, that would just show that one plasmoid in a window. But it wouldn’t be very integrated into XFCE.

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It seems installing pnmixer from software.opensuse.org should settle it.