Hello everyone. I am trying out OpenBSD (I use typically use Linux, usually Gentoo). I had installed 3.6 on my laptop, then had to put it away for a while, when I got back to it 3.7 was out so I upgraded (which upgraded my KDE as well from 3.2 to 3.3). Neither on 3.6 nor on 3.7 was I able to get the sound working while in KDE. I am certain that the sound works fine, because I can use waveplay to play wave files from the command line. To rule out permission issues, I am running this all as root. Normally, I wouldn't do this. It is only in KDE that my sound does not work. Artsd is running in the background, and by default points to /dev/sound and uses OSS. I have tried about every permutation I can think of in the settings on the control panel, and nothing works. I get no errors if I leave these defaults. Sometimes I get a high-pitched squeak, but usually I get nothing out of the speakers. When I click "test" on the sound system control panel in KDE, I hear nothing, but this prints up on the vt where I started X: Server STatus: Running, autosuspend disabled real-time status: no real-time support server buffer time: 40.5349 ms buffersize multiplier: 1 minimum stream buffer time: 40.6349 ms auto suspend time: 0 s audio method: oss sampling rate 44100 channels: 2 sample size 16 bits duplex: half device: /dev/sound fragments 7 fragment size: 1024 What am I missing here? I have spent days fiddling with this, but I haven't a clue. What does aRts want from me? Thank you for you help. Chris My system: IBM thinkpad 390e Soundcard: ESS SOLO-1 dmesg: ====================================================================================== OpenBSD 3.7 (RAMDISK_CD) #573: Sun Mar 20 00:27:05 MST 2005 deraadt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISK_CD cpu0: Intel Celeron ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 256KB L2 cache) 299 MHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR real mem = 267952128 (261672K) avail mem = 238706688 (233112K) using 3296 buffers containing 13500416 bytes (13184K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(7c) BIOS, date 11/17/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd7a0 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd7a0/0x860 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf40/160 (8 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:02:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000 cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Neomagic Magicgraph NM2200" rev 0x20 wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) pcib0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02 pciide0 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA MK3021GAS> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 28615MB, 58605120 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LG, CD-ROM CRN-8241B, 1.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 uhci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered "Intel 82371AB Power Mgmt" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 2 function 3 not configured cbb0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 cbb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 "AT&T/Lucent LTMODEM" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 not configured "ESS SOLO-1 AudioDrive" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 not configured isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux 1 ignored for console): console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0 cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80 pcmcia1 at cardslot1 biomask fff5 netmask fff5 ttymask fff7 rd0: fixed, 3800 blocks ep1 at pcmcia0 function 0 "3Com, OfficeConnect 572B, B" port 0xa000/32: address 00:00:86:62:83:f5 tqphy0 at ep1 phy 0: 78Q2120 10/100 PHY, rev. 10 root on rd0a rootdev=0x1100 rrootdev=0x2f00 rawdev=0x2f02 syncing disks... done rebooting... OpenBSD 3.7 (GENERIC) #50: Sun Mar 20 00:01:57 MST 2005 deraadt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel Celeron ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 256KB L2 cache) 299 MHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR real mem = 267952128 (261672K) avail mem = 237731840 (232160K) using 3296 buffers containing 13500416 bytes (13184K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(7c) BIOS, date 11/17/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd7a0 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: battery life expectancy 76% apm0: AC on, battery charge high, charging pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd7a0/0x860 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf40/160 (8 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:02:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000 cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Neomagic Magicgraph NM2200" rev 0x20 wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) pcib0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02 pciide0 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA MK3021GAS> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 28615MB, 58605120 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LG, CD-ROM CRN-8241B, 1.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 uhci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered "Intel 82371AB Power Mgmt" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 2 function 3 not configured cbb0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 cbb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 "AT&T/Lucent LTMODEM" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 not configured eso0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "ESS SOLO-1 AudioDrive" rev 0x02: ES1946 rev E, irq 5 eso0: mapping Audio 1 DMA using VC I/O space at 0xfc70 audio0 at eso0 opl0 at eso0: model OPL3 midi0 at opl0: <ESO Yamaha OPL3> isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux 1 ignored for console): console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi1 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> sysbeep0 at pcppi0 lpt2 at isa0 port 0x3bc/4: polled npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0 cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80 pcmcia1 at cardslot1 biomask efd5 netmask efd5 ttymask ffd7 pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support ep1 at pcmcia0 function 0 "3Com, OfficeConnect 572B, B" port 0xa000/32: address 00:00:86:62:83:f5 tqphy0 at ep1 phy 0: 78Q2120 10/100 PHY, rev. 10 wi0 at pcmcia1 function 0 "U.S. Robotics, IEEE 802.11b PC-CARD, Version 01.02" port 0xa400/64 wi0: PRISM2 HWB3163 rev.A, Firmware 0.3.0 (primary), 1.7.1 (station), address 00:90:d1:08:44:7d dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 syncing disks... done rebooting... OpenBSD 3.6-stable (GENERIC) #1: Wed Sep 21 19:36:10 EDT 2005 root@chris390:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel Celeron ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 256KB L2 cache) 299 MHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR real mem = 267952128 (261672K) avail mem = 237719552 (232148K) using 3296 buffers containing 13500416 bytes (13184K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(7c) BIOS, date 11/17/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd7a0 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: battery life expectancy 98% apm0: AC on, battery charge high pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd7a0/0x860 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf40/160 (8 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:02:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000 cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Neomagic Magicgraph NM2200" rev 0x20 wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) pcib0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02 pciide0 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA MK3021GAS> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 28615MB, 58605120 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LG, CD-ROM CRN-8241B, 1.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 uhci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered "Intel 82371AB Power Mgmt" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 2 function 3 not configured cbb0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 cbb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 "Texas Instruments PCI1251 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 "AT&T/Lucent LTMODEM" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 not configured eso0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "ESS SOLO-1 AudioDrive" rev 0x02: ES1946 rev E, irq 5 eso0: mapping Audio 1 DMA using VC I/O space at 0xfc70 audio0 at eso0 opl0 at eso0: model OPL3 midi0 at opl0: <ESO Yamaha OPL3> isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi1 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> sysbeep0 at pcppi0 lpt2 at isa0 port 0x3bc/4: polled npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0 cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x80 pcmcia1 at cardslot1 biomask efd5 netmask efd5 ttymask ffd7 pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 ep1 at pcmcia0 function 0 "3Com, OfficeConnect 572B, B" port 0xa000/32: address 00:00:86:62:83:f5 tqphy0 at ep1 phy 0: 78Q2120 10/100 media interface, rev. 10 wi0 at pcmcia1 function 0 "U.S. Robotics, IEEE 802.11b PC-CARD, Version 01.02" port 0xa400/64 wi0: PRISM2 HWB3163 rev.A, Firmware 0.3.0 (primary), 1.7.1 (station), address 00:90:d1:08:44:7d =================================================================================================== ___________________________________________________ . 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