James Richard Tyrer wrote: > 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". > I have to use "Open Sound System" on the Hardware tab,if I change it to Alsa I get the error message,thats been one of the main problems. david ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.