Re: sound broken in kde + rh6.1

[Art Ross <aross donet com>]

Paul Newman pgen com wrote:

> someone mentioned audio not working in kde...
> easy Fix for RedHat 6.1 kaudioserver
>                   Problem
>
>                   Written by: Scott R. Haven
>
>                   Problem:
>
>                        Enabling "System Sounds" through the "KDE Control
>                        Panel" has no effect in Redhat 6.1. The kaudioserver
>                        fails to start due to an apparent typo in the
>                        /usr/bin/startkde script.
>
>                   Fix:
>
>                        Enter the following command to create a symbolic link to
>                        /etc/sysconfig/soundcard from /etc/sysconfig/sound
>                        ln -s /etc/sysconfig/soundcard /etc/sysconfig/sound
>
>                                   More Information
>                    The relevant section of /usr/bin/startkde reads:
>
>                    # Only start up sound services if there is a
>                    soundcard configured.
>
>                    if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/sound ]; then
>                        . /etc/sysconfig/sound
>                        if [ "$CARDTYPE" != "" ]; then
>                            sleep 1 ; kaudioserver
>                            (sleep 1 && exec kwmsound) &
>                        fi
>                    else
>                        # have to assume maybe a soundcard was
>                    configured manually
>
>                        sleep 1; kaudioserver
>                        (sleep 1 && exec kwmsound) &
>                    fi
>
>                    The script is looking for a file called /etc/sysconfig/sound
> to
>                    determine what kind of card you have. The correct name of
>                    this file is: /etc/sysconfig/soundcard.
>
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Scott,
  This is exactly the problem I had.  Once the corrections you identified were
made, Viola my sound configurations in KDE work.
  Thank you so much,
  Art Ross