[kde-linux] KDE 4 sound system still uses arts and doesn't work

[Stefano Crocco]

Hello to everyone,

I know this question might belong more to the Gentoo forum than here, but I 
already tried asking there and I got no answer, so I'm trying here.

I'm using KDE 4 (installed in parallel with KDE 3.5) on a Gentoo system with a 
Realtek sound card (azalia compatible), using the snd_hda_intel kernel module, 
and I can't get the sound system to work. The Sound System page in System 
Settings only shows aRts in the Device Preference page, while KInfoCenter 
says: "No information availlable about Soundcard". The result is that I hear 
no sound.
 
I think the problem lies in some wrong configuration of my sound card, since, 
trying the SuSE KDE 4 live CD, everything worked perfectly (including the 
sound card being listed instead of aRts in System Settings). Yet, looking at 
the live CD /etc directory I couldn't find any relevant difference from the 
Gentoo configuration. Searching google didn't yield any useful result, either.
 
Can anyone give me some hints about this?
 
Thanks in advance 

Stefano