Sound problems

davholla · 06-15-2008, 03:28 PM

I have a fresh install of Mandriva 2008.
When I turn on the PC I get a message about the sound driver which says :-

Quote:

Sound server informational message:
Error while initialising the sound driver:
device: default can't be opened for playback
(Connection refused)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device

The strange thing I have sound with utube and BBC iplayer for video but not for iplayer radio.

judecn · 06-15-2008, 04:18 PM

Chances are, you're using KDE, since that error message only occurs when aRTs (KDE's sound system) doesn't initialize properly. aRTs is not strictly necessary--other programs can simply bypass it. You can even disable it if you want, using the control center (just un-check "Enable the Sound System"). In fact, that might be best, since usually only KDE programs use aRTs, and aRTs can impede other programs from using the sound system.