Public bug reported: Binary package hint: arts
By default arts is in autodetect, but for some reason it uses alsa instead of use esd as a driver output. For this reason when I'm playing sound KDE application can't get sound system working. I changed arts to work with esd, I installed kcontrol to do it later I read in pulseaudio.org that we can change it for all the users by default. See this information: KDE ΒΆ KDE 3 uses the artsd sound server by default. However, artsd itself can be configured to use an Esound backend. Edit kcmartsrc (either in /etc/kde or /usr/share/config for global configuration or .kde/share/config to configure only one user) like this: [Arts] Arguments=\s-F 10 -S 4096 -a esd -n -s 1 -m artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f NetworkTransparent=true SuspendTime=1 KDE 4 uses Phonon as the main audio interface. The Xine backend of Phonon should eventually use PulseAudio automatically, but at the time of writing the pulse plugin for Xine is too unreliable, so it's disabled by default. While waiting for that to get better, Phonon uses Alsa. Therefore, to get Phonon to use PulseAudio, you have to edit your ~/.asoundrc or /etc/asound.conf. However, the normal .asoundrc modifications aren't enough. See #232 (specifically the workaround part). ---- I think it should be done by default in arts package. Br, Pablo. ** Affects: arts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- artsd in hardy is not correcly configured by default to work with pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216894 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs