On Wednesday 13 May 2009 07:38:07 Damjan Georgievski wrote: > > When I first start arch and start kde, everything is fine. > > However, if I log out and then back it, most times the sound is gone -- > > dead. The sound will not start again until I reboot. Anybody got any > > ideas on what to check or what to keep a watch out for? Also, any ideas > > on how to bring the sound back once it dies without having to reboot? > > Do a "lsof /dev/snd/* /dev/dsp*" as root to see if something holds > your sound-card open. > > I must say, pulseaudio works very good for me these days (BTW I run it > as a system service) so I don't have any problems with sound any more. Damjan, Thanks. I have heard a lot about pulseaudio, but I just haven't gotten around to looking at it. In the past, I have never listened to music or cared much about whether sound was working or not. However, I now have a 10, 7 and 4 year old and the older two are getting into music, ipods, etc. Life was simple when all we had was the ipod nano, gtkpod worked great. Now I have to find something to interface with the 'ipod touch'. Looks like amarok is the only thing I can find that looks promising. Long and short of it is I now need sound. I'll check into pulseaudio. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
