Re: KDE 3.1.4 arts alsa problem
On Thursday 04 Dec 2003 11:35 pm, herve wrote:
> Hi all
> i have a probleme after alsa 0.5 install with arts....
>
> I have a woody with kde 3.1.4 and some backports.
> After alsa installation, i choose alsa in the sound control panel...then i
> got an error :
>
> Sound server informational message:
> Error while initializing the sound driver:
> device: default can't be opened for playback (Unknown error)
> The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
>
> it's very curious...
>
> When i was using oss all was ok with kde sounds, noatun was working....and
> xmms freeze
>
> After alsa installation and arts disabled, there is no longer kde sounds
> and sound from noatun but xmms works
>
> do i have to say goodbye to alsa and xmms?
that would fix your problem. try juk as a media player in kde.
> i've installed alsa cause i though thath i could bring me more
> configuration possibility than oss about mixers....
it does
>
> When i want to install xmmsarts in order tu use arts output plugin for
> xmms, it tells me that i have to install libarts-alsa and libarts...
> When i try to install libarts-alsa apt "want" to remove nearly all my kde
> packages....
>
as you might know the debian servers are offline at present so no fixes can be
made. Otherwise the problem would have been fixed overnight.
> Someone has an idea of what is all this tricky thing ??
>
> thx in advance
hope this helps
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Peter Nuttall peter@nuttall.ukfsn.org
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