Funny you mention Alsa. I have two differnt computers
that have Mandrake 10 on them and Alsa won't start on
either of them.
Does KDE need Alsa running?
--- James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@xxxxxxx> wrote: >
jesso1607@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I have Mandrake Linux 10 running KDE 3.2. I can
> play CD's through KDE. So my sound is working.
>
> WRONG! Audio CDs play directly through hardware,
> they do not use aRts or the
> sound driver.
> >
> > But, I cannot get the system notifications sounds
> to play. e.g. starting and exiting KDE.
> >
> > Even when I go into the "KDE Control Center"
> under "LookNFeel -> System Notifications" the sample
> sounds won't play.
> >
> > When I do go into the "Sound -> Sound System" and
> play the "Test Sound", that does play. The "Enable
> the sound system" is checked off.
> >
> > I checked the volumes and are all up.
>
> It would help to know if you can play an OGG or MP3
> file. If you don't have
> one, rip one off of a CD.
>
> There is a possibility if is actually only the
> system sounds that don't work.
>
> The configuration files:
>
> $HOME/.kde/share/config/knotify.eventsrc
> $HOME/.kde/share/config/knotifyrc
>
> could be screwed. Try deleting them.
>
> Otherwise, if you can't plan a sound file, your
> sound system isn't configured
> correctly.
>
> Known Bug (probably fixed, but was probably still in
> 3.2): If you are using
> ALSA, set: "Select audio device:" to ALSA rather
> than leaving it on: "autodetect".
>
> --
> JRT
>
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