KDE audio with ALSA and Arts, how?

[Sean Schertell]

On Sunday 02 May 2004 01:09 am, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> kde at schertell.com wrote:
> > Can someone please explain how to get KDE 3.2.2 to use alsa?  I've got a
> > 2.6.5 kernel and alsa is running but doesn't really work with KDE.  Here
> > are some clues:
> >
> > 1) The test sound works well from the control center, but I don't hear
> > the KDE startup sound or any other KDE sounds.
> >
> > 2) JuK sounds a bit "garbled" when set to use arts output (unlistenable).
> >
> > 3) JuK produces no sound and skips to the next track when set to use
> > GStreamer output.
> >
> > Help please!  I don't understand how KDE and arts and oss and gstreamer
> > and alsa are supposed to all work together ?!  Mostly, I just want to get
> > JuK sounding okay again.
> >
> > If you have any clues at all, please enlighten me!
>
> I'm not sure of your problem.
>
> IIUC, you must have the latest version of ALSA to use with the new Kernel.
>   Do you have ALSA 1.0.4?  If not, upgrading ALSA is the first thing that I
> would suggest.
>
> There was a bug in KDE that you had to select ALSA in the Sound System KCM.
>     I don't know if that is still necessary, but I would then try that as
> well.
>

Thanks for your help... but actually, I do have the latest 1.04 ALSA and I've 
tried selecting ALSA or Threaded Open Sound System in Control Center -- same 
results.  I think maybe I've got too many sound modules loaded or something.  
Any other ideas?

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