what distro

mecelec415 · 01-25-2012, 09:29 PM

I've been having trouble with losing sound for the last 6 months or more think its something to do with PulseAudio cant work it out, decided to change distros I currently use magiea and mandriva before that. I like to use kde and are looking for a distro that will kde I mostly use my computer for surfing the net (want to use chrome) and watching movies and tv shows that I've downloaded so like to have vlc and mplayer available and use 2 screens.
Whats a simple reliable distro ? that doesnt have sound issues prefer a distro that doesn't use phonon or PulseAudio.

lucmove · 01-25-2012, 10:34 PM

I used to have problems with sound on Slackware a few years ago. I also had problems with one distro I tested, now I don't remember if it was Suse or Mandriva. Anyway, I have been using Kubuntu then Lubuntu for a few years and have had no problem.

But lots of people have been using dozens of Linux distros with no sound problems, sou maybe you should just go to some Magea forum and try to troubleshoot your audio.

What always makes me stick to Ubuntu is:
- easy package management;
- excellent dependency resolution;
- very large number of packages in the official repository;
- I've never installed anything from the official Ubuntu repository that wouldn't work, something that happened frequently with Suse, and of course Slackware since most of the software I wanted was not available in the official repository and had to be obtained elsewhere.

DavidMcCann · 01-26-2012, 11:40 AM

I always thought phonon was essential for KDE?

The best distros for are probably Mepis and OpenSuse, since they only come with KDE and so give it maximum care and attention.

FredGSanford · 01-29-2012, 05:29 AM

I've been using Mageia 1 with KDE4 & Gnome2 and doesn't have any issues with sound. I'm not sure why you're having problems.

I agree with DavidMcCann, Mepis is a good distro, OpenSuse, PCLinuxOS, Pardus, just to name a few.

mecelec415 · 01-31-2012, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lucmove

maybe you should just go to some Magea forum and try to troubleshoot your audio.

What a good Idea , Ive been trying to do that for the last 3 months, not that any 1 ever helps me.
Where might a Mageia forum be that answers questions? I would really like to continue with mageia .
Unfortunately I m not very good at asking questions and theres not a lot of info about it.
Thanks for your recomendations currently downloading a few distros to Try.
Sorry I come across as rude.

https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=1566
https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewforum.php?f=26
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3496

FredGSanford · 01-31-2012, 01:37 AM

Did you try some of these suggestions from this thread?

https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=1688

What does lspcidrake -v | grep Audio show?

mecelec415 · 01-31-2012, 03:03 AM

Code:

[steve@localhost ~]$ lspcidrake -v | grep Audio
unknown         : Conexant Systems, Inc.|CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] [MULTIMEDIA_OTHER] (vendor:14f1 device:8804 subv:1822 subd:0019) (rev: 05)
cx8802          : Conexant Systems, Inc.|CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] [MULTIMEDIA_OTHER] (vendor:14f1 device:8802 subv:1822 subd:0019) (rev: 05)
cx88_alsa       : Conexant Systems, Inc.|CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] [MULTIMEDIA_OTHER] (vendor:14f1 device:8801 subv:1822 subd:0019) (rev: 05)
cx8800          : Conexant Systems, Inc.|CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MULTIMEDIA_VIDEO] (vendor:14f1 device:8800 subv:1822 subd:0019) (rev: 05)
snd_hda_intel   : Intel Corporation|82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (vendor:8086 device:293e subv:1043 subd:8277) (rev: 02)

thanks for your reply