[kde-linux] Accident loses sound

[Mark Ness]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> I accidentally powered off a running kde session yesterday.  Since then I have 
> lost some aspects of sound.  I can play any of the sounds 
> in /usr/share/sounds, and even preview them, but I no longer hear when a new 
> email message arrives.  Similarly, kpatience has lost sound.  Nothing looks 
> wrong in kcontrol > Sound & Multimedia.  Rebooting has made no difference.  
> I'm totally stuck now on what else to look for.  Any ideas, anyone, please?
>
> Anne
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Only a guess, but go back to kcontrol->sound and multimedia->sound 
system and uncheck
enable sound system, apply, and recheck enable sound system and apply 
and see if that helps.
Can't hurt.
I have had to do this a few times similar reasons.//