Hello,
I running Slackware64-current with KDE4,
all is working fine, but I recovered a
issue with the esd / eSound Soundserver.
It don't boot up, and KDE won't use him
so I get an error:

If I manually try to start esd, no error will
be printed on a terminal, but a search for him
in the output of "ps aux" gives the result, the
daemon isn't running.

It esd outdated? Should I use another soundserver?
And if yes witch is good to use? But please no Arts,
because it will not be further developed. =/ In KDE3
he worked quiet well, even with surround.

Please, give me some advice. =)
Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
Jack.

ESD doesn't work here neither....

Ok, I thought there were an error in my
configuration. So witch soundserver should
I use now? Arts and Esd are outdated. Can
someone recommend me a good soundserver?

Thanks for the info grissiom.

Best regards,
Jack.

Phonon replaced fARTs in KDE4. Personally, I've never used a sound server, and this is the first thing I either remove or disable. Pure alsa does the job for me

aRts was fine in KDE3. Never had trouble with
it, and it was easy to use too. Phonon is
only an Multimedia-API, not an soundserver.
So I don't think Phonon supports realtime
mixing, so I would need a soundserver, because
my hardware don't support hardware mixing.

I've read a lot about JACK and PulseAudio,
and now I would try PulseAudio first.

Best regards,
Jack.

Phonon
A cross-platform multimedia API, interfacing with existing frameworks, such as gstreamer and xine engines. KDE 2 and 3 depended on aRts for sound. Phonon replaces it.

http://userbase.kde.org/Glossary


If your soundcard does not support hardware mixing, you might have trouble with jack. I reserve the right to keep silent about Pulse audio. Even the pulse devs will tell you it should not be included. If you go for pulse audio - be sure to research the security flaws, and ways to patch it.

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Forgot this -
I see that arts was a sound server, and Phonon replaces it - but is not a sound server. What is KDE using as a sound server now?

Phonon supports aRts, JACK, ESD and PulseAudio.
You can choose free, but aRts and ESD are outdated,
so I got only JACK and PulseAudio as option.

I've read the infos / warnings about PulseAudio.
So only JACK remains. =(

Best regards,
Jack.