javaguy Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Before anybody asks, yes I went to the KDE sound system thingy (I think that's the technical term for it), and yes, sound is enabled. Whenever I log in I get no sound. Then I switch to root and run alsaconf, and sound works just fine for most things. I still can't get any of the KDE notification sounds to play--even when I go into the tool where you configure them and click the button to "preview" a notification sound, it won't play. But for everything "important," i.e. games and music, I get sound. If I log out and log back in again, however, I have to switch to root and run alsaconf again to get it to work. This is an area of Linux I would love to see somewhat standardized across distributions. Sound configuration should not be rocket science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoonma Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Before anybody asks, yes I went to the KDE sound system thingy (I think that's the technical term for it), and yes, sound is enabled. You mean aRTs, right? I'd suggest installing JACK, a newer (and better supported?) sound server. This is an area of Linux I would love to see somewhat standardized across distributions. Sound configuration should not be rocket science. I can only affirm that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted May 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Ack. Now I can't get any sound. Can't open /dev/dsp. I run alsaconf, and it says it worked, but I get nothing. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Now I can't get any sound. Did you install the Jack sound server? If you have installed it, did you also install the jack plugins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaraeez Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 maybe also renaming /etc/asound.state to /etc/asound.state.old then restarting might help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted May 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 I installed jack and every plugin for it I could find but can't figure out how to get it running. Does it have a utility akin to alsaconf? Is it that much better than just using alsa that it's worth the learning curve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Is there anything reported in your syslog or any other log that might give you/us a clue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted May 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 There's nothing sound- or jack-related in syslog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted May 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 I think I've narrowed it down to this. The command alsactl names causes the whole system to freeze up. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 alsactl names causes the whole system to freeze up. :( That doesn't sound good (no pun intended). I've never used Jack. I was just asking because if you had installed it, you also needed the plugins. If you have Jack installed now (with ALSA), and are having this problem, I would suggest completely removing it and trying to set up alsa again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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