Upgraded from Hardy to Jaunty, now only sound in KDE 4 apps

[Matthew Flaschen]

Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
>> asoundconf set-default-card Intel This last part was prompted by 
>> some part of update-manager/Adept.
> 
> Why? This should not be necessary, and it is probably the source of 
> the problem you experience.

As I said, I did that because it seemed to be recommended.

> Just remove .asoundconf from your home folder and do *not* run that,
>  Phonon can handle this alone. Of course you will need to restart
> KDE.

Done.  The Phonon/ALSA combo seems to be working now, as I can hear
simultaneous sound in multiple programs.

> If you really want to kill the X server, do it by Alt+SysRq+K so that
>  the applications can shut down correctly.

Thanks, I didn't know that shortcut.

>> Probably, what really fixed it was removing pulseaudio and 
>> phonondevicesrc
> 
> Not "probably", that for sure fixed it :)

:)

> Let's hope that, if the Ubuntu people force Pulseaudio down our KDE
> throats in Karmic, there will at least be a correct setup and no
> need to tweak  settings for half an hour...

Indeed.

Thanks again very much,

Matt Flaschen