KDE audio (was Re: JRE on 4.0.1)

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

The KDE audio problems mentioned were in 4.0, but were fixed with 4.0.1's
2.6.10-1.ydl.1 kernel. However, to take advantage of the fix, KDE's Sound
System must be set to Open Sound System (OSS), and not Autodetect or
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). You must also set up ALSA to
emulate OSS and disable the real OSS, and you must do this prior to
changing KDE's sound setup, preferably with a reboot afterwards. This is
taken care of in the /etc/modprobe.conf file. The correct sound entries to
put in that file for the 2.6.10-1.ydl.1 kernel were posted to this list by
J. Sacco. I am providing a copy at the end of this message, but be advised
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 04:41:18 -0700, Danny Hembree wrote:

> There are mentions on the forums that audio related functions  will not
> work under KDE but will under Gnome. Do your applets use audio?

# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116-* snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-powermac

# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14* soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-powermac

# OSS compatibility alias
alias sound-service-*-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-*-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-*-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-*-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-*-12 snd-pcm-oss

install snd-card-0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-card-0 && { /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :; }
remove snd-card-0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || :; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-card-0

install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install sound-slot-0 && { /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :; }
remove sound-slot-0 { /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >>/dev/null 2>&1 || :; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove sound-slot-0