kde system sounds

[JASON JESSO]

Funny you mention Alsa.  I have two differnt computers
that have Mandrake 10 on them and Alsa won't start on
either of them.

Does KDE need Alsa running?



--- James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj at acm.org> wrote: >
jesso1607 at rogers.com wrote:
> > I have Mandrake Linux 10 running KDE 3.2.  I can
> play CD's through KDE.  So my sound is working.
> 
> WRONG!  Audio CDs play directly through hardware,
> they do not use aRts or the 
> sound driver.
> > 
> > But, I cannot get the system notifications sounds
> to play.  e.g. starting and exiting KDE.
> > 
> > Even when I go into the "KDE Control Center" 
> under "LookNFeel -> System Notifications" the sample
> sounds won't play.  
> > 
> > When I do go into the "Sound -> Sound System" and
> play the "Test Sound", that does play. The "Enable
> the sound system" is checked off.
> > 
> > I checked the volumes and are all up.
> 
> It would help to know if you can play an OGG or MP3
> file.  If you don't have 
> one, rip one off of a CD.
> 
> There is a possibility if is actually only the
> system sounds that don't work.
> 
> The configuration files:
> 
> 	$HOME/.kde/share/config/knotify.eventsrc
> 	$HOME/.kde/share/config/knotifyrc
> 
> could be screwed.  Try deleting them.
> 
> Otherwise, if you can't plan a sound file, your
> sound system isn't configured 
> correctly.
> 
> Known Bug (probably fixed, but was probably still in
> 3.2): If you are using 
> ALSA, set: "Select audio device:" to ALSA rather
> than leaving it on: "autodetect".
> 
> --
> JRT
> 
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> JRT
> 
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