Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!

[Colin <cwvca_SPAMNOT@hotmail.com>]

[KS] wrote:

> I did that too. After reboot, I can hear noise when I do cat
> /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp. But the sound stops working as soon as I login
> to KDE! I notice that after I log into KDE, I have to stop alsa, remove
> the file from /var/lib/alsa and start alsa again to get sound working
> again. At present, sound is working perfectly, but /var/lib/alsa has no
> file in it. Does that make any sense?

I'd disable KDE sounds completely.  They seem to get in the way for me all
the time.