Sound issues with every live linux except puppy and knoppix

bleed · 05-07-2021, 04:19 PM

Just wondering why Debian, openSUSE, fedora, and so many others have a problem with audio. Why can Puppy and Knoppix provide clear audio when the others cannot?

igadoter · 05-07-2021, 04:39 PM

Did you try Live Slackware Edition? I just run it - no problems with audio.

boughtonp · 05-07-2021, 04:42 PM

Puppy appears to directly use ALSA - the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - which is the part of the Linux kernel that interfaces with sound cards.

Fedora, Debian and openSUSE all use PulseAudio, which sits as a layer on top of ALSA.

bleed · 05-07-2021, 05:30 PM

Thank you igadoter and boughtonp. I've wanted to install linux on a second hard drive but have been disappointed because of the sound issue. I will try Slackware and do some research on ALSA and Pulseaudio. Maybe I can remove Pulseaudio and default to ALSA. The referenced Puppy site looks interesting. Thanks again for you help.

fatmac · 05-08-2021, 04:06 AM

Two other distros that should work 'out of the box' - AntiX & MX Linux.

https://antixlinux.com/

https://mxlinux.org/

igadoter · 05-08-2021, 04:25 AM

Perhaps pulseaudio is mis-configured. The first thing is

Code:

$ pgrep pulse

if nothing shows run

Code:

$ pulseaudio --start

Most distributions nowadays play audio through pulseaudio. Personally I dislike it strongly. This is why I use Slackware Live. Firefox in Slackware Live can play audio without pulseaudio.

Code:

$ uname -a
Linux darkstar.home.arpa 5.10.22 #1 SMP Tue Mar 9 16:42:18 CST 2021 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
$ pgrep pulse
$

and just now I am listening this https://youtu.be/PhF426JywLw?list=PL...XeIyduzphdHYXA