On 2014-12-28, Fred Smith <fredex at 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. -- Liam