On 24/02/12 07:50, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 09:26:25 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote: >> On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:03:38 +0100 Diederik de Haas wrote: >> >> Hello Diederik, >> >>> Since the upgrade of phonon, I'm getting error msg which I didn't have >>> before, like "The audio playback device HDA ATI SB (VT1818S Analog) >>> does not work. Falling back to Default." >> >> I get that too. Except the report I get reads it's falling back to the >> device that's just failed. Most strange.
Perhaps it's related to this:- http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/02/msg01791.html (sorry, it doesn't affect me, so I can't offer any suggestions) > > This is most likely caused by your sound devices changing their alsa > card numbers, for example due to a kernel or alsa upgrade, or due to a > modified hardware configuration (including changes in the presence of > USB or bluetooth sound devices during boot). In other words, the bizarre > message "device X does not work, falling back to device X" translates to > "device X, which I used to know as alsa card 0, does not work anymore, > therefore I am falling back to device X, which is now card 1 (and I am > too stupid to recognize that the two are in fact the exact same thing)". > > The quickest way to get rid of these messages is to reorder the > preference list of sound devices in "System Settings > Multimedia > > Phonon > Device Preference" such that a working instance of the device > is on top in "Audio Output" and all of its categories (Notifications, > Music, etc). > > I only know one way to eliminate the annoying grayed-out ghosts of past > cards in the device preference list: Log out of KDE and remove > ~/.kde/share/config/phonondevicesrc, which will then be rebuilt properly > when phonon starts again. You may have to correct the preference order > of the devices again after that happens, though. You can also edit the > file with a text editor to make the necessary corrections if you prefer > a less invasive approach; the syntax of the entries is pretty > self-explanatory. > Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f475e42.5020...@gmail.com