Normally I don't connect speakers to a PC, so my experience with sound is limited. Now I have one which I'll be using for video file editing, so sound needs to work reliably, but does not in 12.1, 12.3 & 13.1m3. It does work in Mageia 3/KDE4 (but only after reconfiguration after adding previously uninstalled pulseaudio), KDE/Fedora 18 & 19 (with pulseaudio installed), and 12.2 running Trinity instead of KDE, and without pulseaudio installed. http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/ contains selected hardware and installed software details as follows: troubleshooting data gathering script for Mageia: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/sndts.sh loaded snd modules for all installations: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/sound-big41-modules.txt Mageia 3 (KDE4): before: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/sound-none-big41-os131m3.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/tsout-big41-mag3.txt after: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/sound-OK-big41-mag3.txt Fedora 18 & 19 (KDE4): http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/sound-OK-big41-f18.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/tsout-big41-f18.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/sound-OK-big41-f19.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/tsout-big41-f19.txt (in latest F19 boot, on session start "Removed Sound Devices" window appeared, which seems to be a common openSUSE KDE4.x occurrence here, not necessarily on any particular host. In this case: "Capture: HDA Intel, ALC662 rev1 Analog (Default Audio Device) asking "Do you want KDE to permanently forget about these devices?") 12.1 (KDE3): http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/sound-none-big41-os121.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/tsout-big41-os121.txt 12.2 (Trinity): http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/sound-OK-big41-os122.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/tsout-big41-os122.txt 12.3 (KDE4): http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/sound-OK-big41-os123.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/tsout-big41-os123.txt (MM apps installed: kdenlive, smplayer2, vlc; KDE 4.10.5) 13.1 (KDE4): http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/sound-OK-big41-os131m3.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/tsout-big41-os131m3.txt https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Audio_troubleshooting and https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Pulseaudio seem to be of minimal use for "supported" installations, in this host's current case, only for 12.1. According to YaST2 in 12.3 & 13.1, the Intel HDA controller is configured, but without any mention of the string "realtek" as noted in dmesg and lsmod. Sound works when play test sound is selected, but there are no event sounds of any kind. Most notably absent are the startup and end session sounds. KMix shows 91% as default setting. The right click menu on the KMix icon on the panel shows 5 selections, among them, "Audio Setup", which when clicked does nothing, in both 4.10.5 & 4.10.97. Clicking on Multimedia in http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/KDE/ss4105-os123-120.png crashes systemsettings, again in both 4.10.5 & 4.10.97, so I can't even tell without booting something else where KDE4 sounds are supposed to be configured (apparently here, as in F18/19 this opens a Phonon Sound and Video Configuration window that includes "Notifications"). What's missing here? Does pulseaudio even have anything to do with this? Is there some kde package that KDE sounds and/or KMix depend on that isn't getting pulled in as a hard dependency (phonon/libphonon4?)? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org