On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 02:05:17 +0200, didi.debian wrote: [...]
> I installed phonon-backend-xine as well and made it the preferred backend, > but > I still hear no sound. > Also blacklisted pcspkr, through /etc/modprobe.d/pcspkr with content > "blacklist pcspkr" (http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModuleBlacklisting) > Still no sound. > > I have an "Audigy2 ZS soundcard" and the motherboard has a "NVidia CK804 with > ALC850". > In KDE3 I had to create a file (/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base) to make the > Audigy2 > the default sound device (normally it would default to the onboard). Did you remove this file before switching to KDE 4? > But it looks like KDE4 handles it correctly now without it (lists the Audigy > card on top) and I am not using alsa anymore (right?). KDE 4 uses the first working ALSA device that it can find on my Sid system. > Where can I start to figure out why sound isn't working? Place the mouse pointer over the line with the Audigy card in the System Settings > Multimedia > Device Preference list, then wait for about one second without pressing any mouse button. You should see a passive pop-up window that tells you which output devices will be tried. Compare this with the output of aplay -l to make sure the right card and device are tried first. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org