On Thursday, February 23, 2012 07:54:16 PM Frédéric Burlet wrote: > On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:43:14 PM Seb wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:08:25 +0100, > > > > Frédéric Burlet <fred@namurlug.org> wrote: > > >> > Amarok and the notification system do not play any sound. > > >> > > > >> > If I use paplay (from pulseaudio), I do have sound. So, I guess the > > >> > > >> issue > is a "communication problem" between phonon and pulseaudio. > > >> > > >> > Before this upgrade, everything worked fine. > > >> > > >> Which backends are listed when you open the "Backend" tab in System > > >> Settings > Multimedia > Phonon? Which output devices are listed on > > >> the "Device Preference" tab? Do you hear any sound when you select > > >> one of the devices and press the "Test" button on the bottom right > > >> hand side? > > >> > > >> Also post the output of: > > >> > > >> lspci -knn | grep -iA2 audio cat /proc/asound/cards > > > > > > Hi Florian, > > > > > > I'm using vlc backend. > > > > I think the vlc backend is currently broken, at least in my sid system. > > I was also using it until I noticed that simply going to System Settings > > -> Multimedia -> Phonon crashed System Settings. I had to use the > > Gstreamer backend by editing ~/.kde/share/config/servicetype_profilerc. > > New vlc packages are on their way which will hopefully fix this. AFAIK, > > Amarok can only use the Xine backend to play *.mp3, but the > > phonon-backend-xine is not currently installable: > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > phonon: Conflicts: phonon-backend-xine but 4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1 is to > > be installed. > > phonon-backend-xine: Depends: libphonon4 (= 4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1) but > > 4:4.6.0.0-1 is installed. > > I did a few extra tests. > > I created a new user and started a new session and I got sound! > Nevertheless, once I play with the options in System Settings -> Multimedia > -> Phonon -> Audio Hardware Setup... I don't have sound anymore. > (still playing with vlc backend) > > I don't know how to more investigate in order to locate the issue. > > Fred. Well, good news. I managed to get back the sound for my user by removing ~/.pulse* files. But once I play with the settings in System Settings -> Multimedia -> Phonon - > Audio Hardware Setup... I don't have sound anymore. Now, I don't touch anything anymore :) Fred.
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