So holly, is arts absolutely necessary to get KDE system sounds? I installed KDE 3.4 without arts. Alsa does fine as does amarok, gaim, and several others _except_ KDE. I guess arts is the reason, huh?
Tony Holly Bostick wrote: >John Jolet schreef: > > >>On Saturday 20 August 2005 14:31, Christoph Eckert wrote: >> >> >> >>>Use alsamixer in a console window to adjust the settings. Ensure master >>>is open and PCM is unmuted and open. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I have a question about that...using the in-kernel alsa drivers and I get >>sound fine with xmms under kde, but the system notification sounds are >>silent. I'm kinda mystified. >> >> > >If xmms plays, then your sound is obviously working. If KDE system >sounds are not playing, there could be 3 reasons that I can think of: > >1) arts (the kde sound server) is not enabled. You can check this in >kcontrol=>Sound and Multimedia=>Sound System; is the checkbox for >'enable sound system' checked? Is the correct sound system selected in >the 'Hardware' tab? It's not much use to tell KDE to pipe aRTs through >ESD if you don't have ESD running) > >2) system sounds are turned off. You can check this in kcontrol=>Sound >and Multimedia=>System Notifications. Is the checkbox and drop-down menu >to turn all sounds off perhaps enabled? Secondarily, try selecting an >event that has a sound attached. Does the 'Play sound' checkbox become >checked? If you test the sound using the little 'Play' button next to >the filename, can you hear it? > >3) KMix is set to override alsamixer settings on login, and it (KMix) is >muted (KMix does not use or refer to the alsamixer settings, but rather >its own. It's very annoying, and why I avoided it during my brief time >using KDE). This can be fixed by running KMix and either unmuting the >appropriate channels if muted, or setting KMix not to override the ALSA >mixer settings on startup, or by setting KMix not to start at all at login. > >Hope this helps, >Holly > > -- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
