[kde-linux] Sound not until the 2. login

[Dale]

James Tyrer wrote:
>    On 08/13/10 09:41, Harald Schöngart wrote:
>    
>> Some days ago a posted this in the german KDE group, but apparently the
>> group is not very frequented (at least with this kind of problems).
>> So, I'll have a try with you.
>>
>> Recently I get a notification saying with each system start:
>>
>> 	Phonon: The KDE #Multimedia-System
>> 	The audio playing equipment " HDA Intel (STAC92xx analog)"
>> 	does'nt work. It is replaced by "default".
>>
>> or sometimes
>>
>> 	Phonon: The KDE #Multimedia-System
>> 	Change to audio playing equipment "" which now is available and
>> 	features a higher prority.
>>
>> effecting that the sound of system does not run and kmix doesn't start
>> (completely).
>>
>> I activated the well working entry "HDA Intel (STAC92xx analog)"
>> in the KDE Multimedia-settings for all applications and pushed it on the
>> top. But nothing didn't change.
>>
>> If I terminate KDE and login again, everything works completely without
>> problems: No error message, Kmix runs, sound functions.
>>
>> I can't call it really bad, but it's not that good neither...
>>
>> Someone has an idea to get it run a little bit smoother?
>>
>> Regards from Hamburg
>> Harald
>>
>> My system:
>> Mandriva 2010.1, KDE 4.4.3, xine Backend 0.2.60, GStreamer 0.1
>>
>>      
> Other people have reported this in the past.  Probably not with 4.4.
>
> Your system seems confused.  I wouldn't worry about the error messages
> and I don't really know if they are related to your problem.
>
> What else do you have listed in the System Settings ->  Multimedia page.
> IIRC this has been changed quite a lot.  I have KDE-4.4.5 installed and
> it doesn't list the name of my hardware driver any more, all it says is:
>
>       ALSA default output
>       Esound (ESD)
>       OSS default output
>
> If you have "ALSA default output" listed, I would try moving it to the top.
>
> Note that "OSS default output" is the ALSA emulator so it should be last
> since only obsolete programs will need it.
>
> Does checking the box for: "Show advanced devices" do anything.
>
> There have been reports of strange problems by users that have
> PulseAudio installed.  Do you have that on the list, or is it installed?
>
> This may all be irrelevant, but it is all that I can think of.
>
>    

I ran into this a while back.  I found a config file with phonon in the 
name and deleted it.  After that, it has worked fine.  I think something 
was changed in the program and it couldn't read the config file 
correctly.  Since the config file is in the user directory, it couldn't 
update it.  When I deleted it, it just recreated a proper config file 
and went back to working again.

If you need me to, I can go see if I can figure out which file it was.  
It's in the .kde directory tho.  I do remember that much.

Dale

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