On Воскресенье 21 июня 2009 14:50:43 jedd wrote: > If I don't run jackd before starting kde, then kde is fine, but > running qjackctl fails to launch jackd. lsof suggests that knotify4 > and plasma are both using/locking the alsa device. They hint that > it's a gstreamer thing (but I thought *that* was a gnome product) and > not something for us. Trying to remove gstreamer (apt-get) reveals > that it is in fact an integral part of kde4. > > I gather phonon is meant to make all these problems disappear, but > also suspect that, as per previous attempts to make problems disappear > there is a period of extra pain while new problems are experienced, > and I have this nasty suspicion that's where we're at now. > > If some kind soul could point me in the right direction here > I'd be hugely appreciative. All I really want is to be able to use > various software synths (amsynth (works okay with alsa), > traverso (needs jack AFAICT), and some of the dssi apps). apt-get install phonon-backend-xine apt-get purge phonon-backend-gstreamer
the only problem with xine I know is it waking up CPU too often, but that doesn't matter as long as you are not laptop user. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

