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by nik.gnomic
Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:03 am
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Pulse Audio setting changes randomly (SOLVED)
Replies: 17
Views: 2993

Re: Pulse Audio setting changes randomly

If it is the Pulseaudio Profile setting that is changing in pavucontrol, will not help to try to set ALSA slots

get Pulseaudio information with;
pactl list cards

note card ' Name ' (likely similar to mine 'alsa_card.pci-0000_04_06.0' with different numbers)

and ' Active Profile ' (possibly ...
by nik.gnomic
Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:20 pm
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Pulse Audio will not start
Replies: 17
Views: 3405

Re: Pulse Audio will not start


sudo start-pulseaudio-x11

should not run Pulseaudio as root with a DE(except for some headless systems) - What Is Wrong With System mode

start-pulseaudio-x11 will not work to start pulseaudio.service MX is not using systemd in the same way as Manjaro


Based on advice from another forum ...
by nik.gnomic
Sat Apr 20, 2019 6:42 pm
Forum: Package Requests/Status - MX 17/18
Topic: Pulsecaster: Simple PulseAudio-based tool for making podcast interviews
Replies: 7
Views: 1351

Re: Pulsecaster: Simple PulseAudio-based tool for making podcast interviews

for simple audio recording I use BUTT
although it is usually for connecting to an icecast stream I have used it as a recorder occasionally
works in ALSA, Pulseaudio or JACK; records to mp3, Ogg, FLAC and more

But i would usually want a bigger set of tools in JACK for mixing and DSP of mic, VOIP ...
by nik.gnomic
Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:35 pm
Forum: XFCE Desktop Environment
Topic: Why XFCE?
Replies: 109
Views: 31945

Re: Why XFCE?

GuiGuy wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:25 am If you can access truly remote servers with Thunar, please tell how it is done.
first time i found out about sftp was by accident - pasted url from filezilla into thunar instead of firefox
by nik.gnomic
Sun Apr 14, 2019 5:23 am
Forum: XFCE Desktop Environment
Topic: Why XFCE?
Replies: 109
Views: 31945

Re: Why XFCE?


Thunar lacks a split-screen mode and can access only local files.


is split-screen mode any different/better than Thunar window tabs?
I didn't like using tabs in Thunar as i found it harder to keep track of files when moving things between folders, so still use two windows

not had problems ...
by nik.gnomic
Sun Dec 16, 2018 5:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Debian Social Contract & Code of Conduct
Replies: 16
Views: 2639

Re: Debian Social Contract & Code of Conduct

of course there are rules, this is not 'nam dude!

i have read the rules - maybe the best brevity I have seen for a distribution forum
by nik.gnomic
Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [Solved] Can anyone recommend to me a cheapish, current model notebook that loves Linux?
Replies: 22
Views: 3949

Re: Can anyone recommend to me a cheapish, current model notebook that loves Linux?

Inverters are not good option - very inefficient and expensive to get one supplying clean power for laptop

I have been using a very underpowered atom notebook (2G RAM) on road trips for watching movies and music
low power processor and big battery was good for > 6 hours, which was plenty for a long ...
by nik.gnomic
Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:30 pm
Forum: MX Modified
Topic: MXStudio - unofficial respin
Replies: 21
Views: 16245

Re: MXStudio - unofficial respin

I have been working on MX for few months for use as audio DAW
I was trying to make a redistributable ISO with essential packages (mainly IDJC with JACK) to share with fellow icecast broadcasters
Setting up install and packages was nothing new, but was stalled trying to get everything into a ...
by nik.gnomic
Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PulseAudio Equalizer
Replies: 39
Views: 16170

Re: PulseAudio Equalizer

I am following documentation at:
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/Equalizer/

Equalizer may be installed, but still needs to be loaded as Pulseaudio module

Adjusting for name of your audio device, this can be added to Pulseaudio configuration


load-module ...

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