KDE 3.4 Sound issue

spaceballs · 02-01-2006, 05:59 AM

I finally fixed some of my other problems, like my NIC, USB mouse, etc. Now everytime I start KDE, there is an error message about KMix, and there is a volume meter right in the middle of my screen that is constantly set to 0%. If I try and turn the sound up, it immediately goes back to zero - just like someone was constantly turning my sound down. I did just recompile, but I don't think that I selected anything that would affect this. Can anyone help?

uselpa · 02-01-2006, 08:09 AM

As root, run the "alsamixer" command in Konsole and make sure that Master, PCM and CD are set close to the maximum.
Does that work?

KimVette · 02-01-2006, 11:03 AM

spaceballs>

What is the error message?

spaceballs · 02-02-2006, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uselpa

As root, run the "alsamixer" command in Konsole and make sure that Master, PCM and CD are set close to the maximum.
Does that work?

I had already done this, and it didn't fix this. The sound worked earlier, and then stopped working after a kernel compile; this leads me to believe that this is the result of a kernel option. But what kernel option would force KDE to constantly keep the sound turning down.

The error message I had referred to something else. I don't have any error, just an annoying Volume 0% constantly in the middle of the screen.

Genesee · 02-02-2006, 12:28 AM

does sound work ok outside of kde? try another wm, and make sure you don't have artsd running.

this sounds similar:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=405401

uselpa · 02-02-2006, 01:11 AM

If you have mp3 file handy, try "mpg321" in a console. Experiment with different -o options (especially oss, alsa and arts).

Alien_Hominid · 03-02-2006, 11:57 PM

Did you run alsactl store after configuring with alsamixer?