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20131116154451.15618.18723.reportbug__5226.69050046733$1384616730$gmane$o...@emil.lan
you wrote:
Package: blinken
Version: 4:4.8.4-1
Severity: important
I just installed blinken for my daughter and it mostly doesn't produce
sounds. When I press one of the four buttons, it generally remains
silent, but sometimes it produces half a sound (like it would start a
sound but then it's cut in the middle).
I didn't really find any hint on where the problem might lie, but here
some info:
1. Started from the console, the only output is:
[0x11462a8] main services discovery error: no suitable services discovery
module
2. ~/.xsession-errors doesn't contain anything suspicious (just the
start of blinken is registered).
3. Blinken is the only application impacted, everything else works (e.g.
Skype).
4. Testing sound in the KDE Audio Setup / Phonon KDE Controle Module
works as well.
5. I am the opinion that on the same machine, but with Debian 32 bits,
the sound did work (but it's already a while ago that I reinstalled in
64 bits).
Let me know if I can do something to help find the issue.
Some sound cards enter in powersave mode if they have no sound input activity
and it might take them a while to switch modes, this can be tested hearing a
song while playing.
The sounds in blinken are plain wav files at 44.1 khz, which most sound cards
can receive almost directly, but if your sound card is set to 48khz, it might
need some conversion, which shouldn't take a lot of resources but it's an
extra step that could be failing.
Also, a standard installation would enable pulseaudio, which should work fine,
but you could try to remove it to reduce the extra layer (lossing the
pulseaudio feature of controlling the sound level of each sound source).
Hope this help you to find the root of the problem.
Have fun,
--
The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language
will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good
name and now I am looking for a suitable language.
-- Donald Knuth
Saludos /\/\ /\ `/
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