On Dec 23, 2007 5:57 PM, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Kaffeine crashes here with the following message: > > > > $ kaffeine > > 11 > > $ *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused > > KCrash: Application 'kaffeine' crashing... > > system call fstat: Bad file descriptor > > system call fstat: Bad file descriptor > > system call fstat: Bad file descriptor > > system call fstat: Bad file descriptor > > > > $ > > > > I am using: > > > > $ rpm -qi kaffeine > > Name : kaffeine Relocations: (not relocatable) > > Version : 0.8.5 Vendor: Fedora Project > > Release : 5.fc8 Build Date: Tue 30 Oct > > 2007 02:18:24 PM WET > > Install Date: Sun 23 Dec 2007 04:51:32 PM WET Build Host: > > xenbuilder4.fedora.phx.redhat.com > > Group : Applications/Multimedia Source RPM: > > kaffeine-0.8.5-5.fc8.src.rpm > > Size : 5934935 License: GPLv2+ > > Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 30 Oct 2007 08:13:55 PM WET, Key ID > > b44269d04f2a6fd2 Packager : Fedora Project > > URL : http://kaffeine.sourceforge.net/ > > Summary : Xine-based media player > > Description : > > Kaffeine is a xine-based media player for KDE. It plays back CDs, > > and VCDs, and can decode all (local or streamed) multimedia formats > > supported by xine-lib. > > Additionally, Kaffeine is fully integrated in KDE, it supports drag > > and drop and provides an editable playlist, a bookmark system, a > > Konqueror plugin, OSD and much more. > > $ > > > > Any ideas? > > Hi Paul. Is this the only audio app that you have problems with on Fedora 8? > > I removed pulseaudio audio from F8, as my sound apps stopped working, whereas > pre piklseaudio no problems. > yum remove alsa-plugin-pulseaudio (plugin may be plugins) > > That will also remove the KDE component for pulseaudio IIRC. > > Now see if Kaffeine works again. > > You can always re-install alsa-plugin/s-pulseaudio at a later time, and figure > out how it works, not forgetting to re-install the KDE component of > pulseaudio. I intend to do this, as pulseaudio seems interesting, and you can > set volume levels for various sound apps that are using the soundcard. > > At the moment though, all I want is the sound to work, as it always has, and > pulseaudio has put a spanner in the works. > > I think "Incoming" is the right word here, as I'm bound to receive some flac > in suggesting dumping pulseaudio. Thanks, Nigel. Indeed, yum remove pulseaudio solves the problem. And furthermore, mplayer can now play the sound of avi files. Paul
