On Tuesday 30 September 2003 04:03 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 1:56 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: > > On Monday 29 September 2003 08:31 pm, yankl wrote: > > > On Monday 29 September 2003 05:37 am, Margot wrote: > > > > Thanks to all who have tried to help with this. Still no sound, > > > > but I don't have any more time and energy to devote to this > > > > problem right now. > > > > > > > > It seems I messed up on my reinstall when I was trying to get > > > > the internet connection going - succeeded in that but broke > > > > everything else! > > > > > > > > I'm still running 9.0 - 9.2 will be ready soon, and I can live > > > > without sound until then, and then perhaps someone can point me > > > > to a checklist so I make sure I get the 9.2 installation right! > > > > > > > > Thanks again for all your time and patience - even though we > > > > din't fix it, I've learned a lot of useful stuff! > > > > > > > > Margot > > > > > > Margot, > > > I am sorry that you gave up on your sound. > > > I have one more idea may be you like to try it. In the past I had > > > a problem where too much time where assigned for a process to > > > hold a sound device. So in the kde control center (kcontrol not > > > mcc) you need to change parameter in Sound -> Sound System. Check > > > mark auto suspend if idle for: and change time to about 1 second > > > . Then in the LookNFeel -> Sytem Notification disable all sound > > > notifications. > > > > My guess would be that that is not it. She isn't hearing sound > > from KDE, so more than likely artsd is not accessing the right > > device either. > > Yanki's tip may not be relevant to Margot, but it's one worth noting. > It got rid of some intermittant annoyances with sound on my system. > > Anne
Glad I could help. And again my name is YANKL NOT YANKI. :) -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com
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