On Sunday 13 Oct 2002 18:36, Wesley J Landaker wrote: > On Sunday 13 October 2002 10:48 am, Michael Braun wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a small problem with the new KDE3.1BETA2, too. KMIX is > > brocken on my computer. Attached yo will find the report of the KDE > > Crash Manager: > > I also get kmix crashing (latest cooker) when I try to run it. > (Before anybody asks, SOUND in general is working fine in the KDE > 3.1beta -- arts works fine, system notifications, window sounds, > everything. Just not kmix). > > The backtrace from the KDE Crash Handler says: > > 0x40ec3739 in wait4 () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 > #0 0x40ec3739 in wait4 () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 > #1 0x40f40340 in sys_sigabbrev () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 > #2 0x40d2ca73 in waitpid () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 > #3 0x4039a532 in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler(int) (sig=6) at > kcrash.cpp:235 > > > I do get a bit more info if I run it from the command line (from > stdout): > > kmix: Number of drivers : 2 > kmix: Mixer_ALSA::openMixer - Enter > kmix: ERROR: kmix: Mixer cannot be found. > Please check that the soundcard is installed and that > the soundcard driver is loaded. > kmix: > kmix: ERROR: kmix:You do not have permission to access the mixer > device. Please check your operating systems manual to allow the > access. kmix: control.c:224: snd_ctl_card_info: Assertion `ctl && > info' failed. ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! > > > > The "no permission" error for the mixer obviously is wrong:
I would try `chmod g+rw /dev/sound/*` > > $ ll /dev/sound > total 0 > crw------- 1 wjl audio 14, 4 Dec 31 1969 audio > crw------- 1 wjl audio 14, 3 Dec 31 1969 dsp > crw------- 1 wjl audio 14, 19 Dec 31 1969 dsp1 > crw------- 1 wjl audio 14, 5 Dec 31 1969 dspW > crw------- 1 wjl audio 14, 2 Dec 31 1969 midi > crw------- 1 wjl audio 14, 18 Dec 31 1969 midi1 > crw------- 1 wjl audio 14, 0 Dec 31 1969 mixer > crw------- 1 wjl audio 14, 1 Dec 31 1969 sequencer > crw------- 1 wjl audio 14, 8 Dec 31 1969 sequencer2 > > kmix has always worked fine in cooker, right up until the KDE3.1 > beta. =) -- Gentoo Linux (portage-2.0.38). KDE: 3.0.4 Qt: 3.0.5 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ 512MB. Kernel: 2.4.19-win4lin. GCC 3.2 Linux user #275590 (http://counter.li.org/). up 2 days, 5 h, 16 min #=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=#
