> Whenever i start up KDE i allways have to go in
> abd restart the soundserver before i get sound working.
>
> I did tail the .xsession-errors and it says the
> following.
>
[snip]
> There are already artsd objects registered, looking if they are
> active...
>
> Error: Can't add object reference (probably artsd is already running).
> If you are sure it is not already running, remove the relevant
> files:
>
> /tmp/mcop-mat/Arts_SoundServerV2
> /tmp/mcop-mat/Arts_SoundServer
> /tmp/mcop-mat/Arts_SimpleSoundServer
> /tmp/mcop-mat/Arts_PlayObjectFactory
> /tmp/mcop-mat/Arts_AudioManager
>
[snip again]
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> This terminates the soundserver
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> okay
> warning: leaving MCOP Dispatcher and still 9 object references alive.
> - Arts::SampleStorage
> - Arts::Synth_MULTI_ADD
> - Arts::Synth_MULTI_ADD
> - Arts::Synth_PLAY
> - Arts::StereoVolumeControl
> - Arts::StereoEffectStack
> - Arts::Synth_BUS_DOWNLINK
> - Arts::SoundServerV2
> - Arts::MidiManager
> warning: leaving MCOP Dispatcher and still 105 types alive.
> kdeinit: PID 3309 terminated.
> sound server terminated
> kdeinit: PID 3391 terminated.
> kdeinit: PID 3390 terminated.
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> This starts the soundserver
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> okay
> unable to connect to sound server
> kdeinit: Got EXEC_NEW 'artswrapper' from launcher.
> library=artswrapper.la: No file names artswrapper.la found in paths.
> Could not load library! Trying exec....
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> It seems to me that some library's are not right.
> In my .xsession-errors log it complains about artswrapper,alarmd and
> several others thats not in path. Could this have anything to do with
> it?
>
> /MattB
I get pretty much the same with 8.2b1 that was all OK with 8.1 on a dual
PII-350. On trying again (having manually killed artsd and restarted it),
the next reboot produced the following. I also get an error message box
(sometimes 2) saying that /dev/dsp is busy at startup.
lspcidrake output
-----------------
agpgart : Intel Corporation|440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge
unknown : Intel Corporation|440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge
unknown : Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 ISA
unknown : Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 IDE
usb-uhci : Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 USB
sonypi : Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 ACPI - Bus Master IDE
Controller
aic7xxx : Adaptec|AIC-7880U
ne2k-pci : Realtek|RTL-8029(AS)
bttv : Brooktree Corporation|Bt878
btaudio : Brooktree Corporation|Bt878
snd-card-ens1370: Ensoniq|ES1370 [AudioPCI]
Card:RIVA TNT : nVidia Corporation|Riva TNT 128
unknown : Virtual|Hub []
tail .xsession-errors
---------------------
There are already artsd objects registered, looking if they are active...
Error: Can't add object reference (probably artsd is already running).
If you are sure it is not already running, remove the relevant files:
/tmp/mcop-g8ecj/Arts_SoundServerV2
/tmp/mcop-g8ecj/Arts_SoundServer
/tmp/mcop-g8ecj/Arts_SimpleSoundServer
/tmp/mcop-g8ecj/Arts_PlayObjectFactory
/tmp/mcop-g8ecj/Arts_AudioManager
There are already artsd objects registered, looking if they are active...
kdeinit: PID 2268 terminated.
[snip]
warning: leaving MCOP Dispatcher and still 9 object references alive.
- Arts::SampleStorage
- Arts::Synth_MULTI_ADD
- Arts::Synth_MULTI_ADD
- Arts::Synth_PLAY
- Arts::StereoVolumeControl
- Arts::StereoEffectStack
- Arts::Synth_BUS_DOWNLINK
- Arts::SoundServerV2
- Arts::MidiManager
warning: leaving MCOP Dispatcher and still 69 types alive.
kdeinit: PID 2269 terminated.
kdeinit: Got EXT_EXEC 'soundwrapper' from launcher.
library=soundwrapper.la: No file names soundwrapper.la found in paths.
Could not load library! Trying exec....
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