[opensuse] OpenSUSE 10.3 KDE and selecting the sound device.
I have a machine into which I have plugged a pair of USB speakers (some model by Trust). Happily, they worked out of the box. That is, the proper drivers were automatically loaded and the devices accept sound from programs like xmms. (Linux is just getting to be less challenging these days...) KDE is a different issue. If I tell KDE to use a specific audio device (e.g., /dev/dsp1 - my USB speakers - instead of /dev/dsp), I can get it to play its test sound to that device. However, nothing I do can make KDE generally use this device. Restart KDE and it is back to using /dev/dsp. kmix shows the USB speakers, so KDE does know about them, but the sound is not coming from them. Is there some magic to getting KDE to use a specified audio device? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 04 April 2008, Roger Oberholtzer said:
I have a machine into which I have plugged a pair of USB speakers (some model by Trust). Happily, they worked out of the box. That is, the proper drivers were automatically loaded and the devices accept sound from programs like xmms. (Linux is just getting to be less challenging these days...)
KDE is a different issue. If I tell KDE to use a specific audio device (e.g., /dev/dsp1 - my USB speakers - instead of /dev/dsp), I can get it to play its test sound to that device. However, nothing I do can make KDE generally use this device. Restart KDE and it is back to using /dev/dsp. kmix shows the USB speakers, so KDE does know about them, but the sound is not coming from them.
Is there some magic to getting KDE to use a specified audio device?
Sounds like a bug, if the configured sound device is not remembered. -- Desktop Engineer KDE Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 14:25 +0200, Will Stephenson wrote:
On Friday 04 April 2008, Roger Oberholtzer said:
I have a machine into which I have plugged a pair of USB speakers (some model by Trust). Happily, they worked out of the box. That is, the proper drivers were automatically loaded and the devices accept sound from programs like xmms. (Linux is just getting to be less challenging these days...)
KDE is a different issue. If I tell KDE to use a specific audio device (e.g., /dev/dsp1 - my USB speakers - instead of /dev/dsp), I can get it to play its test sound to that device. However, nothing I do can make KDE generally use this device. Restart KDE and it is back to using /dev/dsp. kmix shows the USB speakers, so KDE does know about them, but the sound is not coming from them.
Is there some magic to getting KDE to use a specified audio device?
Sounds like a bug, if the configured sound device is not remembered.
I thought so as well. It is this way in the KDE that ships with 10.3, as well as whatever the current up-to-date version is that is available for openSUSE. I thought I would explore if I was doing the right thing before filing a bug. To be more clear, I am setting this in the KDE Personal Settings in: Sound & Multimedia -> System Sounds -> Hardware There is an item called "Override device location". I check this, and enter /dev/dsp1. Then, the test sound is heard via /dev/dsp1. But nothing else in KDE uses it, even after a restart. Maybe it is not the right place to be setting this. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Roger Oberholtzer
On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 14:25 +0200, Will Stephenson wrote:
On Friday 04 April 2008, Roger Oberholtzer said:
I have a machine into which I have plugged a pair of USB speakers (some model by Trust). Happily, they worked out of the box. That is, the proper drivers were automatically loaded and the devices accept sound from programs like xmms. (Linux is just getting to be less challenging these days...)
KDE is a different issue. If I tell KDE to use a specific audio device (e.g., /dev/dsp1 - my USB speakers - instead of /dev/dsp), I can get it to play its test sound to that device. However, nothing I do can make KDE generally use this device. Restart KDE and it is back to using /dev/dsp. kmix shows the USB speakers, so KDE does know about them, but the sound is not coming from them.
Is there some magic to getting KDE to use a specified audio device?
On a related note, is there some magic to prevent my laptop's speaker from playing sound when my ear phones are plugged in? On other systems, when my ear phones are plugged in, the speakers are muted. I'm not getting it on this particular laptop. Any solutions? Thanks in advance. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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