On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 13:04 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 21:25 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 15:42 -0800, Mike Iglesias wrote: > > > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 20:52 +0000, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro > > > > wrote: > > > >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > >>> I use F8, KDE 3.5.8, Firefox 2.0.0.12. I have pulseaudio and the KDE > > > >>> pulseaudio RPMs installed. Amarok, Totem, Mplayer, Vlc and Skype all > > > >>> work fine. > > > >>> > > > >>> I'm using flash-plugin-9.0.115.0 from Adobe, installed via Yum, but I > > > >>> get no sound from Flash videos such as youtube.com. > > > >>> > > > >> Did you "pkill artsd"? > > > > > > > > OK, I did that. Now Flash works and Amarok doesn't (mplayer does). > > > > > > Try installing the libflashsupport rpm - "yum install libflashsupport". That > > > should make sound work with flash, and you won't may not have to kill artsd. > > > > OK, tried that and rebooted just in case. No difference. Currently I > > have: > > > > 3216 /usr/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -a alsa -d -r 48000 -s 10 -m \ > > artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f > > > > No pulseaudio demon (see below) > > > > Mplayer working > > > > Flash working > > > > Amarok telling me "xine was unable to initialize any audio drivers". > > > > This when I log into KDE: > > > > "Sound server informational message: > > Error while initializing the sound driver: > > device: default can't be opened for playback (Connection refused) > > The sound server will continue, using the null output device." > > > > When I try "pulseaudio -d" I get: > > > > W: polkit.c: Failed to show grant dialog: Unable to lookup exe for > > caller > > W: polkit.c: PolicyKit responded with 'auth_admin_keep_always' > > E: main.c: read() failed: Resource temporarily unavailable > > E: main.c: daemon startup failed. > > Have you tried going into Control Center/Sound&Multimedia/sound system/ > click on the "hardware-tab" and setting the soundcard from auto to alsa? > I've done this with all of my audio / video apps where I can, as I think > I have more of a clue than "auto" does. ;) Might be worth a shot. Ric It's already set to ALSA. I tried setting it to Auto and back to ALSA, and got the "Sound server informational message" both times. I'm wondering if it's PolicyKit-related, since the message complains about a refused connection. Thanks all the same. poc
