I just encountered an oddity... it may have been this way for millennia :) but somehow I've never noticed it before...
say I'm using X (which is pretty normal these days) and I have VLC playing a "radio" station.
I do CTRL-ALT-Fx to switch to a text console THAT HAS NO ONE LOGGED IN on it, and voila:
no sound!
as soon as I log in, the audio returns.
what gives here?
On 2014-12-28, Fred Smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
I just encountered an oddity... it may have been this way for millennia :) but somehow I've never noticed it before...
say I'm using X (which is pretty normal these days) and I have VLC playing a "radio" station.
I do CTRL-ALT-Fx to switch to a text console THAT HAS NO ONE LOGGED IN on it, and voila:
no sound!
as soon as I log in, the audio returns.
what gives here?
Are you using pulseaudio? I believe what you describe is the intended behaviour.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 01:29:28AM +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote:
On 2014-12-28, Fred Smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
I just encountered an oddity... it may have been this way for millennia :) but somehow I've never noticed it before...
say I'm using X (which is pretty normal these days) and I have VLC playing a "radio" station.
I do CTRL-ALT-Fx to switch to a text console THAT HAS NO ONE LOGGED IN on it, and voila:
no sound!
as soon as I log in, the audio returns.
what gives here?
Are you using pulseaudio? I believe what you describe is the intended behaviour.
if that's the default, then yes I am.
thanks!
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Fred Smith -
Liam O'Toole