david walcroft wrote:
> Hi,
> I've had problems with KDE and Alsa sound for some time now,it's
> always this error:
>
> Sound server informational message:
> Error while initializing the sound driver:
> device: default can't be opened for capture (Invalid argument)
> The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
>
> All other third party programmes use Alsa but not KDE and I'm a little
> stumped,can someone help please.
Some recent KDE versions had a known bug. The autodetect didn't work
for the sound system. The workaround for this is simple:
In the Control Center: Sound & Multimedia -> Sound System.
On the Hardware tab: "Select the audio device". Set this to "Advanced
Linux Sound Architecture".
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JRT
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