No Sound or Kicker in KDE

About two days ago I noticed that when I went to play a video using smplayer that I had no sound when I did about 3 hours before. I tried a few different players and nothing worked, i remember seeing a notice in amarok though that ALSA was in use by another program but it wasn't. I opened mplayer from the command line and it said that it couldn't open ALSA and OSS sound devices because they were in use. I tried restarting the ALSA daemon but that didnt do anything so I rebooted and the sound worked again. The same problem kept happening every day at about 2-10 hour intervals.
After one of the reboots to fix ALSA yesterday I noticed that I couldn't see my kicker panel at the bottom, I switched from compiz to kwin and it still wasn't there, back to compiz and still not there, I restarted X and it still wasnt there. I just booted back in to see if it was there and its still invisable, yet it is running since I can see it in the process list.

Ok, i figured out what the problem was. For some reason I had to install Flip4Mac to make the previews work again. Hope this helps everyone else.

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Sound Server error in KDE

Hello all, new Arch user here. I've just installed kde and when launching KDE I receive the following error:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Permission denied)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
I have tried to chmod 755 /dev/dsp as root but the next time I log on to KDE, I receive the same error. Any ideas?
Thx!!

The Wiki is usually helpful for things like this. If you enter 'audio' in the Find field and press the Search button, the article is listed.

Surround sound in ALSA in KDE and dmix, a working case

After two days of searching the web, reading manuals, typing and constant rebooting, I ended up with a configuration for ALSA that works fine 95% of the time. Right now I am listening to 5.1 surround sound (through upmixing) from any app I want (flash not installed, so not tested). I am writing it here 'cause I didn't find this answer to any other forum and the solution on Archwiki didn't work, so it might help a lot of people. The following .asoundrc is a slightly modified version of a .asoundrc file that could be found on alsa.opensrc.org before it went down (found it on wayback machine). Here it is:
pcm.card0 {
type hw
card 0 #change this to our device
device 0 #change this to our device
# mmap_emulation true
pcm.dmix0 {
type dmix
ipc_key 34521
slave {
pcm "hw:0,0" #change this to your device
channels 6
pcm.dsnoop0 {
type dsnoop
ipc_key 34523
slave {
pcm "hw:0,0" #change this to your device
pcm.asym0 {
type asym
playback.pcm "dmix0"
capture.pcm "dsnoop0"
pcm.pasym0 {
type plug
slave.pcm "asym0"
# 'dsp0' is espected by OSS emulation etc.
pcm.dsp0 {
type plug
slave.pcm "asym0"
ctl.dsp0 {
type hw
card 0 #change this to our device
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "asym0"
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 0 #change this to your device
pcm.upmix51 {
type upmix
slave.pcm "asym0"
delay 15
channels 6
pcm.!default "plug:upmix51"
This will allow for both input and output mixing, togther with 5.1 sound. I think it can be summarized to 5 or 6 lines but my brain is too bloated with all the linux audio crap right now to even think about it..
In some cases, in KDE, when some phonon based apps like Bangarang or Amarok are the first ones to produce sound after boot, then the sound device is locked and no other app will be able to access it and play anything. If I exit the app, play sth else, eg speakertest -c 6, then everything works fine and I can have any app produce sound (even Amarok and Bangarang). In these wicked circumstances, I noticed that KDE notifies me of some sound devices not working and falling back to some other ones (that do not necessarily have a different name). Also the login sound doesn't play and maybe it is due to this that the notification appears. In any case, after rebooting the whole thing (usually) doesn't repeat.
Another thing with ALSA that mixed things more is that, in case you have a usb webcam plugged in, sometimes its microphone becomes the default device and the above .asoundrc will stop working. To prevent this simply change the order the devices are loaded by putting the following in a file under /etc/modprobe.d:
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias snd-card-1 snd_usb_audio
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0
options snd-card-1 index=1
options snd_usb_audio index=1
(found here http://ramblings.narrabilis.com/alsa-no … boot-time). The aliases are probably not needed.
I am curious to see if this works for anyone else. Also, I don't know how to use alsa-equal with this .asoundrc, so any advice is welcome. (By the way, I never got alsa-equal to work with Amarok).
Last edited by tterranigma (2012-04-12 00:18:59)

Correct about samplerate_best.
Yes, but is there another app that has audio open?
Well, yes and no.. In KDE running fuser (and lsof) shows "kde4" and "kmix", but I doubt these are actually using the device, because, even with software mixing disabled, they are still listed, yet I can still play surround sound with speakertest.
Also, in KDE, I diabled/enabled (on the fly) samplerate_best several times while trying things, without restarting KDE and the results where mixed. The same with your .asoundrc and other configurations. As a conclusion, while in KDE ALWAYS restart it to be sure that the new .asoundrc is used (fastest way ctrl+alt+bksp to kill X).
A question:
Generally, in linux, everything uses ALSA (ok, also OSS) to produce sound. So .asoundrc is always in effect no matter what app we are using, right? However, before even enabling surround sound, with alsaequal installed as the deffault device (as te wiki suggests), the equalizer was used only by apps talking directly to ALSA (eg VLC, speakertest) and was ignored by phonon apps. Any explanation? On the contrary, VLC seems to ignore .asoundrc as far as surround sound and samplrate_best are concerned. What is happening?
In any case, how could I change .asoundrc to make use of alsaequal as the default, together with 5.1 sound and dmixing?

Kicking The KDE Habit

Below is a copy of a post from my blog detailing the apps I used to fully replace KDE. (If you want the hyperlink version you can also read it on my blog.)
A few months ago I dropped Kubuntu and KDE as my desktop and switched to Arch Linux with an Openbox desktop. I've used KDE for years and thought highly of it, but they lost me with KDE 4. But I still had quite a few KDE apps I used in Openbox. With the recent KDE 4.4 update, KDE went from bad to worse, making Akonadi truly required, Nepomuk more troublesome, breaking some of my apps, and other problems. So I decided to drop all KDE dependency. Despite some of the fine KDE apps I still think highly of, like Krusader and Kmail, I simply don't want all the overhead required to run them.
So for the last couple of weeks I've been finding replacements for the last of my KDE apps, particularly Kate, Kmail, Krusader, and k3b. I thought I would share what I found to replace these and other apps, and why I like them. I've written about some of these before but I'll try to make this a fairly complete list in itself. After trying various apps, these are the ones I chose.
Arch Linux
I already wrote about My Big Move To Arch and The Followup. Briefly, I really like the Arch way of doing things. Rolling release means there are no upgrades to do every year. Instead anytime you update packages you get the very latest. Occassionally this will break something. I find it's good to do an update when I'm prepared to spend a few minutes addressing any issues. It's also good to have a system backup. But in general I like fixing things a little at a time, instead of upgrading the whole system as is done with Ubuntu releases. I also like having access to the latest packages, and Arch has a great community build system for apps that aren't included in the official repos. So I'm very happy with Arch and I highly recommend it for anyone reasonably familiar with a distro like Ubuntu who wants to run a more customized, faster system.
Openbox and LXDE
LXDE is a great desktop which includes Openbox as its window manager, and some lightweight apps. You can also just use Openbox by itself and install other components to go with it. You edit XML files to construct your menu and add shortcut keys to do whatever you like, and add any components you want. For example, I use the excellent lxpanel as my taskbar in Openbox. It works and looks a lot like KDE3's taskbar.
Claws
After asking around, I decided to give Claws Mail a try as a replacement for the very capable Kmail. I am extremely pleased with it, and in some ways like it better than Kmail. It has most of Kmail's features. It handles HTML email a bit differently – can't send it, and converts incoming to text. This works pretty well. There is also a plugin that allows you to display HTML email but I haven't tried that – no need. It has very capable filtering, account handling, and a great UI.
Note: If you switch from Kmail, you can transfer your email as follows. Save a copy of your ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail folder. Rename all the mail files in it (using your favorite rename utility) so they have simple names like "001″, "002″, etc. Claws doesn't seem to like the semicolons and such that Kmail uses for filenames. Then, in Claws select File|Add Mailbox and specify the copy of your mail folder. All the mail will appear in Claws – look in the "cur" subfolders for the messages. Drag or copy the messages from there to your Claws mailbox folders. Then you can right-click on the mailbox you added and select Remove Mailbox. All done! Claws can also read the vcard address book format exported by Kmail, or saved in ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc
PCMan File Manager
This FM, which is the default for the LXDE desktop, is the one I finally chose after reviewing a bunch of File Managers. It has support for multiple tabs which I find very useful. It does not have twin-pane like Krusader, but I find that less important, and I didn't care for the other twin-pane FMs I reviewed. One thing I missed in PCMan is user-definable functions. So I have written a mod for PCMan which adds these in a very flexible way, and also fixes a few other issues and bugs I encountered. With that mod in place, I'm very happy with this FM. It is simpler than Krusader, but I didn't actually use most of the functions in Krusader, so it's nice having a cleaner UI. This runs a lot like the Konqueror FM in KDE3. Thunar is also a notable mention – a simpler FM with a clean UI.
Bluefish
This a very Kate-like syntax-highlighting editor. I was very glad to find this editor, with a recently released version 2, because I wasn't sure what I'd find to replace Kate. It has some excellent features and some improvements on Kate as well. It's an almost perfect editor. You might also check out SciTE as another alternative to Kate.
GQView
Similar to Gwenview, GQView is a very capable image viewer. It's folder view is great – actually an improvement on Gwenview in some ways.
ePDFviewer
While not a full replacement for all the functionality of Ocular, I found ePDFviewer to be a nice lightweight app that does all I wanted – it lets me view and print PDF files.
XArchiver
I've already mentioned this replacement for Ark – it does the job.
XPad
A terrific replacement for KNotes – adds sticky notes to your desktop. Very similar to KNotes in functionality and appearance, and minimal dependencies.
ROXTerm
This was my choice to replace Konsole. Has similar features and appearance – came highly recommended on the Arch Forums.
SMPlayer and VLC
My multimedia players, these do the job!
Deluge
After reviewing a few of them, this was my replacement for KTorrent. A vast improvement!
GHex2
GHex is Gnome's hex editor, and it's one the best IMO as a general, easy-to-use hex editor.
gFTP
This gnome FTP client seems to survive on my system. Although I've tried others, I keep coming back to this because it 'just works'.
Speedcrunch
A simple yet powerful desktop calculator.
Graveman
I was planning to use Brasero as my replacement for k3b, but it couldn't use my DVD drive correctly. Graveman, once I gave it the device name "/dev/scd0″ in preferences, does the job. A nice lightweight burning app with almost no dependencies.
Import
Part of Imagemagick, the import command can be used to take desktop snapshots, similar to KSnapshot. It works great. I simply associated the following command with the "Print" key (Printscreen) in Openbox's rc.xml:
bash -c "import /tmp/screenshot-$(date +%s).png"
When I press the PrintScreen key, the mouse cursor changes to a target. I click on the window I want and a snap is written to /tmp. Very slick. Import can do other things like take multiple snapshots, etc.
Zim
I've mentioned Zim before as a personal desktop wiki. I still think its handy but a recent update messed up the theme handling and some other issues. I realized having my notes in plain text format is less volatile, so I've gone back to that. This was easy since Zim mostly uses a plain text format for storage. But Zim may still be worth checking out.
Zenity
Similar to the old KDialog but much more capable, Zenity lets you add GUI dialogs to your scripts. A good guide is here.
With these changes, I was finally able to remove kdelibs and all its junk – soprano, nepomuk, akonadi, strigi, phonon, etc. I am KDE free. To give you an idea of just how bloated and over-dependent KDE has become look what I would have to install just to install a simple file manager like Krusader:
Targets (17): clucene-0.9.21b-1 strigi-0.7.2-1 libiodbc-3.52.7-3
virtuoso-6.1.0-1 soprano-2.4.0.1-1 qca-2.0.2-2
polkit-qt-0.95.1-1 phonon-gstreamer-4.3.80-2 phonon-4.3.80-2
shared-desktop-ontologies-0.2-1 attica-0.1.2-1 kdelibs-4.4.0-4
oxygen-icons-4.4.0-1 rarian-0.8.1-1 libssh-0.4.1-1
kdebase-runtime-4.4.0-3 krusader-2.0.0-3
Total Download Size: 73.75 MB
Total Installed Size: 205.80 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] NO THANKS
So long KDE… have a nice trip becoming a Windows 7 clone.
ps: I'm still looking for a GUI replacement for Filelight, which was great for showing a graphical representation of disk usage. Also, I could use an audio CD ripping app since Graveman doesn't fully replace k3b. Haven't really looked yet but if anyone has a suggestion its appreciated. Thanks.
Last edited by IgnorantGuru (2010-02-23 19:00:51)

Labello wrote:i don't really get your point in arguing that some things in KDE changed
I don't mean to dis KDE for everyone - I'm just speaking for myself and my uses. I have a fast system and KDE runs fine in that sense. It has had some RAM and bug issues and certainly isn't lightweight, but that wasn't really my issue. I'm more troubled with their recent choices of servers (akonadi, soprano, phonon, nepomuk, etc), the security issues they introduce, the bugs and interoperability problems, and the wholly unnecessary drain on CPU and RAM. I like to run a leaner, lighter system not just to save resources, but also because I like to know what's running and why, and I like to have control of my system. To me KDE keeps going more toward the Windows direction of isolating the user from control of the system, dictating what has to be running, etc. Many of the so-called dependencies aren't required for most apps at all. Plus, my and other's bug reports are just not addressed in KDE - they've become sloppy, Windows-style, with their code. I see KDE heading in a direction I don't like, and fast. So I wanted to get free of dependency on it so as it goes deeper into that, I can go elsewhere. Took me a bit of work but I've accomplished that. Not only that, I've discovered some great apps in the process - my new system rocks.
You can check out the Library on my blog for my Big Move To Arch post and the followup, which gets more into some of the reasons, and also this thread.
If KDE still works for you and others, great. Lots of choices. I just advise people to be careful with KDE because I think it's getting sneaky and not very pro-user about things. Good to know when to abandon a sinking ship. I think the Ubuntu approach, Gnome, and KDE engender dependencies, in the sense of user dependencies. For example, it took me awhile to move off the KDE platform because so many of the apps I used were in it. I think stand alone apps are a better approach overall. KDE is becoming like a members-only country club - you've got to adopt their complete philosophy just to use any of the KDE apps, or God forbid, the desktop.
Oh and I loathe Plasma. It's everything I DON'T want in a desktop. So KDE just didn't fit me well anymore.

No sound at KDE Startup

Until yesterday my sound worked fine, both at KDE startup and in KDE. After Syu'ing yesterday no sound at KDE startup. However, sound works to extent that aplay plays .wav files. Suspecting that the upgrade altered a config file, I checked the alsa config files and nothing had changed. I don't know where to look in KDE itself other than the sound section, which was also unchanged.
No big deal, upgrading is always a digital experiment. Just curious.
Any intel would be most appreciated.

rls wrote:
dp:
Correct, arts is running and sound is working. After a bit more research, I realize that I have not stated my question precisely. It is a Systems Notifications issue. None of the System Notifications using sound work, not just the startup sound.
Many thanks for your efforts.
he he .. ups, i was thinking that arts do not work and you have no sounds in kde --- can be my bad english or not so exact reading :-)
Control>Sounds & Multimedia>System Notifications>KDE System Notifications
is the only thing to set notifications in kde, but it is a tricky one (the UI is not well made):
- check if the volume is set ok: in the "Configure - System Notifiactions" check under the button "Player Settings..." if your volume is not muted (you do not need other player)
- if you select a notification that has sound set ... if you click on the button to test sound, does it work? ... check if the files exist
else i dont know what to try to check why it is not working right ... arts works, so it's not a backend problem ... but a kde-one :-(

No sound | KDE

Hello,
I installed pulseaudio and ALSA (pulseaudio-alsa package is installed).
anyway, my mic doesn't work, same thing with sound.
If I'm trying to work with pulseaudio alone I have only sound and no life sign from my microphone. If I'm trying to do the same thing with ALSA, nothing works.
My sound card is detected by the system.
~~
I don't know what to do, please help me.
(Sorry for the bad English - I'm from Israel )
Edit: I'm using KDE
Last edited by Kux (2014-02-15 19:08:36)

Hi guys. I'm also using KDE and I HAD no sound either until checked the configuration and the master channels in KMix. I'm using a Sony VAIO Laptop with an AMD Richland APU. Somehow the system detects that the HDMI sound card is the default instead of my integrated sound card with the SPDIFs. A good place to start is by installing KMix if you haven't already and also check the Multimedia config as davidm said earlier.
Once I selected the right channels as default and the sound cards in the KDE preferences, most of the apps got sound (Flash Player is still soundless for me)...
Best of Luck!
Last edited by Silex89 (2014-02-16 21:32:46)

Sound problem in KDE

I've just installed a fresh Arch 0.6 install, did a pacman -Syu, then installed xorg, kde and gnome.
I'm using KDE as my window manager and can't get sound to play inside KDE.
I've followed the wiki on alsa setup and aplay causes sound output when I'm outside X
When I run the Control Center | Sound & Multimedia | Sound System and try to change my audio device I get a SIGSEGV error in KNotify.
any ideas?

lsmod output:
[sfrazer@it44 ~]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
sr_mod 18852 0
eepro100 31756 0
mii 5888 1 eepro100
snd_pcm_oss 57384 1
snd_mixer_oss 20992 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0 37932 2
snd_ac97_codec 71684 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm 104708 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0
snd_timer 28164 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 12168 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
gameport 5248 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart 8960 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi 26660 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8584 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 60260 11 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 11104 2 snd
rtc 14408 0
tsdev 7808 0
joydev 10560 0
evdev 10112 0
also, my rc.conf:
[sfrazer@it44 sounds]$ cat /etc/rc.conf
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE=America/New_York
KEYMAP=us
CONSOLEFONT=
USECOLOR="yes"
HOSTNAME="it44"
MODULES=(!hotplug !usbserial !ide-scsi snd-card-0 snd-pcm-oss)
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="eth0 10.0.20.103 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 10.0.255.255"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
gateway="default gw 10.0.1.1"
ROUTES=(gateway)
DAEMONS=(syslogd klogd !pcmcia network netfs crond alsamixer portmap fam)
# End of file
P.S. Thanks for helping with this :-)

Fixed my sound issues in KDE (no sound except for system events)

First, I'd like to say that I am by no means an expert and what I have below represents nearly a week of installing/reinstalling arch and trying various things to get my sound working correctly in KDE. In fact, yesterday I decided that I was just going to use mint because, even though I don't like it, at least the sound worked for me. I did decide to give it one more try this morning and finally was successful.
My system has an AMD A8-3850 processor, which I never would have bought if I had known all of the compatibility issues I would end up having with it. My problem was that I would hear event sounds in KDE (such as the start up sound) but I would get no sound within my browsers and flash and probably elsewhere. Also, even though I was hearing the system sounds, kmix showed my volume at 0% and that my device was muted. Trying to select the device in kmix didn't accomplish anything at all. Because of this, I had a feeling that the problem was that my sound was defaulting to my HDMI sound, which turned out to be right.
I'll try to be as brief as I can about the process I followed.
The first thing I did was get asoundconf from the AUR. I was then able to set my non-HDMI sound card as the default.
johnr@bitstorm ~ % asoundconf list
Names of available sound cards:
Generic
Generic_1
johnr@bitstorm ~ % asoundconf set-default-card Generic_1
johnr@bitstorm ~ %
From that point, I installed PulseAudio and worked my way through the PulseAudio page on the arch wiki. After which, I was able to bring up the PulseAudio Volume Control (pvaucontrol) and turn off my HDMI sound all together.
Still, my sound did not work, though. After some searching I came to this page: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Softwar … ktops/KDE/ which basically said that my kmix wasn't compiled with with pulse audio support. After a search for kmix on the AUR, I came to this package: kdemultimedia-kmix-git
After installing that, I reboot and all is right with the world... or at least my sound in KDE.
So that's it. I am sorry if this is poorly written, I do not write things like this very often. I was so happy, though, that I was actually able to fix it and I did want to share since I imagine that I am not the only one to have this problem.

Hi @shayanaijaz
Thank you for your reply.
Here is a link to HP Notebook PCs - No Sound from the Speakers (Windows 7). You can skip any steps you have previously done.
If after installing the original drivers from the recovery manager you still have an issue with the sound, I suggest you do a recovery back to factory.
HP PCs - Performing an HP system recovery (Windows 7)
During the recovery you will see an option to backup your personal files to prevent data loss.
HP PCs - Restoring Files that were Backed Up Using HP Recovery Manager (Windows 7)
You could also test the audio card just to rule that possibility out.
HP Notebook PCs - Testing for Hardware Failures (Windows 7, Vista)
My last suggestion is to contact HP support for assistance.
Please call our technical support at 800 474 6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get a support number for your region.
World Wide Phone Support
Good Luck!
Sparkles1
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Please click “Accept as Solution ” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.
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Juk and KDE Notifications

When I get sound notifications from any kde programm ( kopete for example) and when current track in Juk ended (after sound notification), volume in Juk always up to 100%.
what could go wrong?
if after notification I reset volume, it don't increase
Last edited by x1site (2013-12-02 14:45:54)

karol wrote:Are you using PA or ALSA?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=173731
pulseaudio

Tecra M2 - No sound using Win XP

Hi. Im from the states by the way. I couldn't get logged into the other Toshiba forums. (Don't ask.) So ill just seek help here.
I have an Audio/Speaker/Sound Card Problem. I'm not sure which one it is, if any. I have a Toshiba Tecra M2,
Not sure what model. Under my laptop it just says Tecra M2. Made in China. I got it off a friend, dont know where he got it.
After i got it, i installed Windows XP Home sp3. Updated some hardware that couldn't find drivers and everything works great
except for my sound. I have a proper driver installed, no yellow exclamation warnings anywhere. I have checked and double checked
and triple checked all the volumes and mute options. The volume knob on the front of the laptop is turned up.
I have installed these UAA hotfixes
passed verification KB888111WXPSP2 on 1/21/2010
passed verification KB888111WXPSP3 on 2/2/2010
passed verification KB898461 on 1/20/2010
Went to Administrative Tools >> Services >> Windows Audio is Started and Automatic.
I have installed the Chipset utility first, and re-installed my audio driver. Still not fixed.
I do get sound through the headphones. But the jack is all tore up, looks like someone took a screwdriver
and dug around in it. The headphone plug doesn't even snap in snug like it should, it just wiggles around.
So i have to move the plug around untill i find that right spot, and the sound will play through the headphones, but the slightest bump
to it will cut the sound off the headphones. I tried moving the plug in and out of the jack, to unstick any stuck sensors in there,
(if there is any left in there.) That didn't work.
So i figured i would bypass headphones and internal speakers, and just buy some USB external portable speakers.
so i did, and they dont play any sound either! I'm at a dead end. The only thing i can think of, is if i update my
motherboard's BIOS, and maybe the sound will kick in. I checked my current BIOS settings, there is nothing about Audio or Sound. But i dont know what BIOS file to get in the downloads. If someone could help me there i would apreciate that too.
If anyone has anymore ideas on how to fix this, please, PLEASE offer any advice you can think of. Thank you.
Here is some info about my Toshiba Tecra M2 Laptop.
Operating System
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Multimedia
SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Driver Date: 9/1/2004
Driver Version: 5.12.1.5240
If you need any more info, just tell me what to get.

i was wondering.. is there a wire or cable connected to the headphone jack, inside the laptop?
Look at this pic, its the inside of a Tecra M2 (my laptop)
http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/ToshibaM2/disassembly/big/Toshiba-Tecra-M2-teardown-15.jpg
At the bottom right corner, that is where you plug in your 3.5mm headphone plug. I want to disconnect the cable inside that makes that whole thing work. So if its unplugged, then that stuck switch in there wont be reconized, right? and the internal speakers will play?
I hope i can do that.

[SOLVED] No sound anymore after latest upgrade

Hello,
i did the following upgrade
[2014-01-25 16:06] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Füge Schlüssel aus archlinux.gpg hinzu ...
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: 3 marginal-needed, 1 complete-needed, PGP Vertrauensmodell
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: Tiefe: 0 gültig: 1 signiert: 5 Vertrauen: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: Tiefe: 1 gültig: 5 signiert: 59 Vertrauen: 0-, 0q, 0n, 5m, 0f, 0u
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: Tiefe: 2 gültig: 59 signiert: 4 Vertrauen: 59-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 0u
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: nächste "Trust-DB"-Pflichtüberprüfung am 2016-01-22
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Signiere die vertrauenswürdigen Schlüssel im Schlüsselbund lokal ...
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Signiere Schlüssel 0E8B644079F599DFC1DDC3973348882F6AC6A4C2 lokal ...
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[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Importiere die Vertrauenswerte des Benutzers ...
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Mache widerrufene Schlüssel im Schlüsselbund unbrauchbar ...
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Mache Schlüssel F5A361A3A13554B85E57DDDAAF7EF7873CFD4BB6 unbrauchbar ...
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[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Mache Schlüssel 0B20CA1931F5DA3A70D0F8D2EA6836E1AB441196 unbrauchbar ...
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Mache Schlüssel 8F76BEEA0289F9E1D3E229C05F946DED983D4366 unbrauchbar ...
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Mache Schlüssel 66BD74A036D522F51DD70A3C7F2A16726521E06D unbrauchbar ...
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Mache Schlüssel 81D7F8241DB38BC759C80FCE3A726C6170E80477 unbrauchbar ...
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Mache Schlüssel E7210A59715F6940CF9A4E36A001876699AD6E84 unbrauchbar ...
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Aktualisiere Trust-Datenbank ...
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: nächste "Trust-DB"-Pflichtüberprüfung am 2016-01-22
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded archlinux-keyring (20140108-1 -> 20140124-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded libdrm (2.4.51-1 -> 2.4.52-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded wayland (1.3.0-1 -> 1.4.0-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded libdbus (1.6.18-3 -> 1.8.0-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded dbus (1.6.18-3 -> 1.8.0-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded libgcrypt (1.5.3-1 -> 1.6.0-2)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd (208-3 -> 208-10)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded llvm-libs (3.3-1 -> 3.4-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa (10.0.1-2 -> 10.0.2-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa-libgl (10.0.1-2 -> 10.0.2-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded ati-dri (10.0.1-2 -> 10.0.2-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded bluez (5.13-1 -> 5.14-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded xdg-utils (1.1.0.git20130520-1 -> 1.1.0.git20140109-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded chromium (31.0.1650.63-1 -> 32.0.1700.77-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded gdk-pixbuf2 (2.30.2-1 -> 2.30.3-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded cogl (1.16.0-3 -> 1.16.2-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded clutter (1.16.2-1 -> 1.16.4-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded device-mapper (2.02.104-1 -> 2.02.105-1)
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[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] installed libpaper (1.1.24-7)
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[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded mutter (3.10.2-2 -> 3.10.3-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded gnome-shell (3.10.2.1-4 -> 3.10.3-1)
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[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded libwbclient (4.1.3-1 -> 4.1.4-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-firmware (20131013.7d0c7a8-1 -> 20140123.418320b-1)
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
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[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
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[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
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[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
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[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
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[2014-01-25 17:38] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
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[2014-01-25 17:39] [PACMAN] upgraded sudo (1.8.8-1 -> 1.8.9.p4-1)
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[2014-01-25 17:39] [PACMAN] upgraded totem-plparser (3.10.0-3 -> 3.10.0-4)
[2014-01-25 17:39] [PACMAN] upgraded vino (3.10.1-1 -> 3.10.1-2)
[2014-01-25 17:39] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually.
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[2014-01-25 17:39] [PACMAN] installed libxshmfence (1.1-1)
[2014-01-25 17:39] [PACMAN] upgraded xorg-server (1.14.5-2 -> 1.15.0-5)
[2014-01-25 17:39] [PACMAN] upgraded yelp (3.10.1-1 -> 3.10.1-2)
[2014-01-25 17:39] [PACMAN] upgraded youtube-dl (2014.01.17.2-1 -> 2014.01.23.4-1)
And dont have any sound anymore, nowhere. PulseAudio is just ignoring my sound-card completely and KDE/GNOME System settings tell me that i do not even have any soundcard
Alsamixer detects the soundcard fine and if i unmute the soundcard there, it works. But its not really comfortable to change the volume with Alsamixer. Also i have no ability to change between HDMI and Analog.
Any idea what could have cause this? As you can see in the logs, there havent been any major kernel update nor pulseaudio update.
This is the Soundcard: Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
Kernel Module is snd_hda_intel which is loaded and working
Seems like Pulseaudio is not running at all, it also does not start with the message "E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied" which is not true
Last edited by Vamp898 (2014-01-26 15:29:22)

Ok, found out it was true.
Seems like whatever reason i have to find out reset some files (not all) to root, so i was no longer the owner of some random files for whatever reason.
Works now.

KDE, aRts, and the recent flac update

Good morning,
I am running kde 3.3.1. No issues. I performed a pacman -Syu recently, and the flac package was updated.
At this point, I lost my sound, specifically aRts is not running in KDE. So KDE native apps that use aRts, such as noatun, and the KDE sounds that are specific to KDE events, do not work now.
The sound system (alsa) is still working though. Non-KDE apps generate sound perfectly, even when launched from within KDE. Last night I watched "The Day After Tomorrow" with xine, ...no sound issues. But KDE is voiceless.
Checked the obvious such as sound settings, mute, ran alsamixer in a console and verified that something wasn't muted, and verified that my default levels had not been misadjusted...
Thinking I had a system problem, I started gnome (2.8). It has it's own system sounds with no issues, so my problem appears to be KDE specific.
Any ideas anyone?
Dave..........

Gentlemen,
Sorry for being so late to chime but I've been busy trying to skull out XML all day and haven't had a chance to check the forum before this.
I did the upgrade last night but didn't notice the problem with the KDE system sounds till I read this thread (I'm now using XFce 95% of the time). Like the rest xmms and other sound apps work - just no system sounds. Everything else appears to running peachy...:)
Lee

[kde-unstable] KDE 4.6

KDE 4.6 beta1 is out now:
http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.6-beta1.php
http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.6-beta2.php
http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.6-rc1.php
http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.6-rc2.php
Packages are ready in [kde-unstable] (please read the wiki page before use it).
Arch Linux changes:
* kdelibs now depends on upower and udisks, this means that HAL is no more required: you can remove hal from your DAEMONS(), but remember to replace it with dbus.
* filelight is replaced by kdeutils-filelight
* kdeutils-okteta is replaced by kdesdk-okteta
* kdegames-ksame is replaced by kdegames-klickety
* kdesdk-kbugbuster has been removed
* new runner for krunner: kdeplasma-addons-runners-events
* kdenetwork-kget is not available because does not build at the moment
* a new kdeplasma-addons-containments package introduces GroupingDesktop
Notes:
* These packages do not work or need a rebuild.
* See known issues
Backup your data before the update!
Please report packaging bugs on http://bugs.archlinux.org
KDE bugs on http://bugs.kde.org

bash wrote:
xheyther wrote:edit : I wrote my feedback to fast. By removing hal I also prevented my system to detect my sound chippset. I don't have sound without hal atm.
Are you using phonon-xine? Please try to switch backend
Well it's weird. I left my computer for a while (and turned id down). After booting, KDE still tell me that it can't find my sound chipset and ask if It should definitively forget it. As I currently listen to some music with firefox, my bet is on a "working sound system with a KDE issue". I'm investigating this issue.
edit: the information you want : switching backends doesn't solve the issue.
Last edited by xheyther (2010-11-25 21:37:07)

[polkit-kde] strange 10 seconds of pause on boot

since the 0.99.0-4 version of polkit-kde package I notice a strange pause of 10 seconds during the boot of KDE 4.14.1
KDE displays the desktop ( icons, plasmoids ) but suddenly he stops his job for 10 seconds, I can't click on the "K" menu during these 10 seconds,
then after 10 seconds KDE resumes his job, I can hear the sound of a new KDE session ( Kmix icon is displayed ),
If I downgrade to 0.99.0-3 version of polkit-kde package then the bug is gone, no problems, there is no 10 seconds pause at the boot of KDE,
so there is something wrong in 0.99.0-4 version of the polkit-kde package, why this strange pause of 10 seconds with this version of polkit-kde package ?
Last edited by Potomac (2014-10-09 08:46:37)

I solved the bug by rebuilding the polkit-kde package with makepkg and the same PKGBUILD,
so the current package seems to have been built with maybe wrong version of dependencies or a bad source code ?
I think that Andrea Scarpino should rebuild the polkit-kde package, something went wrong when he built his package ( bad version of some dependencies ? Bad source code, out of sync ? )
a 0.99.0-5 version of this package is highly recommended for all users, in order to be sure that the most recent source code of polkit-kde is really used by the PKGBUILD

Homerun 1.2.0 Not Available for Arch? (KDE)

The new version of the Homerun kicker for KDE was released this Monday, and I when I went to look for it in the AUR the webpage said that kdeplasma-applets-homerun had not been updated since 2013-07-15 18:26.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kdep … s-homerun/
Am I just searching for the wrong package name or is the package not being maintained anymore? Thanks in advance.
Last edited by wiegraf (2014-01-29 12:36:10)

wiegraf wrote:
The new version of the Homerun kicker for KDE was released this Monday, and I when I went to look for it in the AUR the webpage said that kdeplasma-applets-homerun had not been updated since 2013-07-15 18:26.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kdep … s-homerun/
Am I just searching for the wrong package name or is the package not being maintained anymore? Thanks in advance.
I think, it is unfair to call that as not maintained anymore. It's an AUR package, the new version is 2 days old and not every AUR maintainer has the time to update the package immediatly.
Also because it is an AUR package, you can easily update that for yourself. Just edit PKGBUILD. Version to 1.2.0 and update the md5sum.
And of course the last update was in July, because that was, when 1.1.0 was released. There is no reason to update the package inbetween releases, if there is no problem with the package.

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