From 38a5c904f764109644d885d40189a0d1a3751969 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: patrick96 Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:42:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Do not use alsa module with pulseaudio --- Module:-alsa.md | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Module:-alsa.md b/Module:-alsa.md index 82db984..8e84643 100644 --- a/Module:-alsa.md +++ b/Module:-alsa.md @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ -This module shows volume and mute state for ALSA mixers. Most of the module functionality should work as long as you are using an alsa backend, like pulseaudio-alsa. -If you use `pulseaudio` use the [`internal/pulseaudio`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/wiki/Module:-pulseaudio) module instead, even if it uses alsa as the backend. +This module shows volume and mute state for ALSA mixers. +Most of the module functionality should work as long as you are using an alsa backend. + +**Do not use this module if you are using pulseaudio ❗️** + +If you use `pulseaudio` use the +[`internal/pulseaudio`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/wiki/Module:-pulseaudio) +module instead, even if it uses alsa as the backend. +There are a number of issues when alsa is used to control the volume in a +pulseaudio server. **NOTE**: This module requires the project to be built with ALSA support.