This is a problem with the recently-issued kdelibs 2.1.2 update. A fix
has been issued in the form of another kdelibs package. More details
can be found at
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=983.
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:57, Paul wrote:
> It was Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:42:14 -0500 when Wendell Gragg wrote:
> >Somehow, when starting up KDE, I no longer get the startup sounds.
> > When I went into the KDE configurator to the sound events and
> > tried to play the sounds, I get nothing, however, I can get the
> > system bell to work through the speaker. The only thing I can
> > think of is something to do with the updates I downloaded and
> > installed from the security site. Does anyone have any ideas as
> > to how I can check this out?
>
> Only thing I can think of is that you have to check the permissions
> on the sound devices, like /dev/dsp and so on. That was a problem
> here for a while also.
>
> Paul
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