Version: (using Devel) OS: Linux Installed from: Compiled sources I'm running Arch KDEmod. I decided to enable the "unstable" repository to help test KDE 4.2, but now that I've done so I get no sound from KDE itself (startup/shutdown sounds, etc.) or any KDE 4 applications such as Amarok 2. Non-KDE 4 applications such as Amarok 1.4 and Firefox 3 still produce sound.
Did you set up the right devices on phonon settings (sound settings) from systemsettings?
I have the same problem on Slackware linux 12.2rc2 with a kernel 2.6.27.7/8 and KDE 4.1.3 compiled from source. KDE4 related applications do not have any sound, while it works for any non-KDE4 related application. ALSA is working well since GNOME with ALSA as output plugins does play sound. When testing the same package versions on Slackware 12.1 using a 2.6.26.8 kernel KDE 4.1.3 plays sounds like normal. It looks like the xine-backend for phonon isn't working well because when using gstreamer as backend sound is back working no matter which kernel me is using. Tested with xine 1.1.15. Xine itself does play sound on kernel 2.6.26.8 and 2.6.27.8. The System is using a hda intel sound chip: Output from lspci -vvv 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Realtek ALC268 audio codec Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21 Region 0: Memory at fc300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [70] Express (v1) Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us ExtTag- RBE- FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr+ TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed unknown, Width x0, ASPM unknown, Latency L0 <64ns, L1 <1us ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; Disabled- Retrain- CommClk- ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed unknown, Width x0, TrErr- Train- SlotClk- DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?> Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?> Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
That's a problem of kdemod itself, by just installing kdemod (not installing kdemod-complete), you'll be missing the xine phonon backend: sudo -E pacman -S kdemod-phonon-xine Rather a distribution specific issue than a KDE issue. Kind regards, Georg
I confirm it. On kdemod you need to install all needed packages. For the problem on comment #2, I suggest to use an updated system and don't mix up things, probably there was some error on compiling versions. Closed as "downstream" (both problem are related to the distribution/installed packages, not to kde)