[kde-linux] Accident loses sound

[Bogus Zaba]

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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Sorry to report that I had this problem for at least six months 
(although I am less sure than you about what caused it in the first 
place). The symptom was - sound working generally (kaffeine, amorak etc 
all playing CDs, MP3s etc), but no system notifications working. Lots of 
suggestions posted in response to a help request, but nothing helped. 
Included messing about with knotifyrc settings in .kde/share/config. I 
decided I could live without system notifications and did so until I 
installed a new KDE when everything worked again. I know it should be 
possible to track down what has gone wrong, but it defeated me in the 
end. Sorry to be unable to offer much real help - just confirmation that 
it can go wrong and is difficult to put right.

Bogus