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[david walcroft]

James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> david walcroft wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>  I've had problems with KDE and Alsa sound for some time now,it's 
>>always this error:
>>
>>Sound server informational message:
>>Error while initializing the sound driver:
>>device: default can't be opened for capture (Invalid argument)
>>The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
>>
>>All other third party programmes use Alsa but not KDE and I'm a little 
>>stumped,can someone help please.
> 
> 
> Some recent KDE versions had a known bug.  The autodetect didn't work 
> for the sound system.  The workaround for this is simple:
> 
> In the Control Center: Sound & Multimedia -> Sound System.
> 
> On the Hardware tab: "Select the audio device".  Set this to "Advanced 
> Linux Sound Architecture".
> 
I have to use "Open Sound System" on the Hardware tab,if I change it 
to Alsa I get the error message,thats been one of the main problems.

   david
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