[Coco] DW4 and Linux sound

[Steven Hirsch]

On Sat, 17 Nov 2012, Gene Heskett wrote:

>>
>> I checked the config file and there is no explicit reference to sound.
>> I do have MIDI disabled, FWIW.
>>
>> This may be a function of the Java runtime for all I know - Java and I
>> generally do not get on well.
>
> Pulseaudio is running fine here.
> root at coyote:/var/spool/mail# ps -e |grep pulse
> 2806 ?        00:07:33 pulseaudio

That explains why you're not seeing Java hog the sound device.  I did some 
reading up and it turns out that OpenJDK (and perhaps others) use pulse 
audio if present.  Pulse (when it works, I guess, which it never has here) 
is capable of handling multiple audio streams.

Steve


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