Opteron-KDE 3.2 and weird sound generation problems

[SIOL]

Hi to all,

I have just emerged KDE 3.2 on dual opteron and since then I have no sound
output in Xine, Mplayer etc whatsoever. Everything else seems to be working
fine. I can listen audio CD with cdplay, system sound notifications in KDE
also work fine , but I can get no sound when watching AVIs, MPEGs, WMVs etc.

I have tried checking things in KDE's sound system, but everything there
seems to be fine.
Maybe worth mentioning is also the fact that I have in kernel only ALSA
driver for inbuit audio, nothinge else (without OSS emulation, dummy
drivers, generic drivers etc). But anyway, I have several other kernels with
more sound options compiled in (OSS emulation, generic drivers etc...) with
the exactly the same result.

BTW: No matter what I do, Sound System in KDE won't work with "ALSA System".
It requires "Auto" or "Open Sound System"...

Any ideas ?

TIA,

Branko

[Sybren Stuvel]

SIOL enlightened us with:

> I have just emerged KDE 3.2 on dual opteron and since then I have no sound
> output in Xine, Mplayer etc whatsoever.

Search Google Groups for "kde arts sound" and I'm sure you'll find the
answer to this FAQ.

> BTW: No matter what I do, Sound System in KDE won't work with "ALSA
> System". It requires "Auto" or "Open Sound System"...

Weird. I've been using Alsa for months now with various versions of KDE
and Gnome, without a problem.

Sybren
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