On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Jan Steffens <jan.steffens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > See if it works after you remove (and backup) .asoundrc > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Jan Steffens <jan.steffens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> What are the contents of /etc/asound.conf and ~/.asoundrc? >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> I am using kde 4.4.4. whenever i get any notifications knotify4 throws >>>> up error stating seg fault. this is very annoying cause sometime while >>>> chatting if chat window is unfocused, if someone replies, i get >>>> notification and immediately knotify throws error. >>>> >>>> Application: KNotify (knotify4), signal: Segmentation fault >>>> [KCrash Handler] >>>> #5 0x00007f2fed7912f0 in snd_pcm_extplug_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 >>>> #6 0x00007f2fed750d65 in snd_pcm_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 >>>> #7 0x00007f2fed76f135 in snd_pcm_plug_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 >>>> #8 0x00007f2fed750d65 in snd_pcm_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 >>>> #9 0x00007f2febbd0f98 in gst_alsasink_close () from >>>> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstalsa.so >>>> #10 0x00007f2fec30eb86 in gst_audioringbuffer_close_device () from >>>> /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0 >>>> #11 0x00007f2fec2ff143 in gst_ring_buffer_close_device () from >>>> /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0 >>>> #12 0x00007f2fec30a396 in gst_base_audio_sink_change_state () from >>>> /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0 >>>> #13 0x00007f2fecbb28fc in gst_element_change_state () from >>>> /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 >>>> #14 0x00007f2fecbb32e2 in gst_element_set_state_func () from >>>> /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 >>>> #15 0x00007f2fed2efa2a in >>>> Phonon::Gstreamer::AudioOutput::setOutputDevice(Phonon::ObjectDescription<(Phonon::ObjectDescriptionType)0> >>>> const&) () >>>> from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so >>>> #16 0x00007f2ff7c2185c in >>>> Phonon::AudioOutputPrivate::setupBackendObject() () from >>>> /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 >>>> #17 0x00007f2ff7c21e63 in >>>> Phonon::AudioOutputPrivate::createBackendObject() () from >>>> /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 >>>> #18 0x00007f2ff7c1f0cc in >>>> Phonon::AudioOutputPrivate::init(Phonon::Category) () from >>>> /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 >>>> #19 0x000000000040c871 in _start () >>>> >>> >> >> cat shows this error cat: /etc/asound.conf: No such file or directory. >> >> The output of cat ~/.asoundrc is >> >> ctl.equal { >> type equal; >> } >> >> pcm.plugequal { >> type equal; >> # Modify the line below if you don't >> # want to use sound card 0. >> #slave.pcm "plughw:0,0"; >> #by default we want to play from more sources at time: >> slave.pcm "plug:dmix"; >> } >> >> #pcm.equal { >> # Or if you want the equalizer to be your >> # default soundcard uncomment the following >> # line and comment the above line. >> pcm.!default { >> type plug; >> slave.pcm plugequal; >> } >> > It worked. Thanks :D