I got the same error message, yet sound still worked fine on my machine. All I had to do was raise the volume. Go to a konsole and type kmix, raise the volume up and see if you can hear any mp3's or test sounds. On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:53:37 -0300, Bolívar <bolivar.de@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > At 21:19 11/6/2004 -0400, you wrote: > > > > > > > From: Bolívar <bolivar.de@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Date: 2004/06/11 Fri PM 08:00:31 EDT > > > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: ARTS sound message! > > > > > > This is driving me nuts! Upon starting KDE, this window appear... > > > > > > Sound Server informational message: > > > Error while initializing the sound driver. > > > device: default can´t be opened for playback(no such device) > > > The sound server will continue, using the null output device. > > > > > > My sound card is a via82xx, been googling around, found several possible > > > fixes, none works. > > > The only fix I found, is to start the sound card detection tool and click > > > "test", but sometimes it works, sometimes don´t. Help! > > > >I was having the problem you describe. Today I upgraded to kde 3.2.3 (RPMs > >linked to from kde.org), and the 2.6.6-1.427smp kernel (using up2date), > >and the problem seems to have gone away. I'm not sure whether or not > >doing just one of those upgrades would have solved the problem. > > > > Well, I´ve found a unstable "way" to get around this problem. Just start > kde session logged as a user instead of root. There IS chances of this > message pop-up and sound not starting, but they are very slim. Like 1 to > 10, or greater. Strange, but works for me....wonder why... > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
