Bug#254287: kscd: doesn't use the working sound device

[David Liontooth <liontooth@cogweb.net>]

Package: kscd
Version: 4:3.2.2-1
Severity: normal
Tags: sid

For some reason kscd and cdplay report working -- no error report, the display
shows tracks being played -- but no sound is produced. Playing the CD with xine 
and xmms works fine.

I realize this may be a stupid bug report, as it looks like a configuration issue 
rather than an application issue. But configuration where?

I tried using kcontrol, but everything is just working -- I don't see where the 
problem originates. It would be nice if kscd gave some clue as to how to solve 
this -- I read the manual and man pages, but they don't provide information about 
how to deal with a silent (but otherwise working) player. 

My sound device node is standard (/dev/dsp --> /dev/dsp0). I turned on all output 
channels in kmix. 

Cheers,
David

lspci
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02)

# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=y

#
# Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
#
CONFIG_SND=m
CONFIG_SND_TIMER=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM=m
CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=m

snd_seq_oss            31360  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6272  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                50448  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6536  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            48036  0
snd_mixer_oss          17280  1 snd_pcm_oss

snd_ali5451            20676  1
snd_ac97_codec         60292  1 snd_ali5451
snd_pcm                83236  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ali5451
snd_page_alloc          8964  1 snd_pcm
snd_timer              21380  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    44644  12 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_o
ss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.5
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages kscd depends on:
ii  kdelibs4                    4:3.2.3-1    KDE core libraries
ii  libart-2.0-2                2.3.16-4     Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libartsc0                   1.2.3-1      aRts Sound system C support librar
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libfam0c102                 2.6.10-6     client library to control the FAM 
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.3.3-7    GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.4.1-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libice6                     4.3.0-5      Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libkcddb1                   4:3.2.2-1    cddb library for KDE
ii  libpng12-0                  1.2.5.0-4    PNG library - runtime
ii  libqt3c102-mt               3:3.2.3-2    Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libsm6                      4.3.0-5      X Window System Session Management
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.3-7    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                    4.3.0-5      X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                    4.3.0-5      X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxrender1                 0.8.3-7      X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xlibs                       4.3.0-5      X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1-4    compression library - runtime

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