No More System Sounds [SOLVED]

[ScottyK]

I noticed the other day that my 10.10 system doesn't play system sounds anymore. Whether I boot up or shut down, I don't hear the usual sounds.

I played some MP3's and videos to verify the hardware is working, and no problems there.

Tried rebooting the computer with no effect.

I found this thread, and directed me to the settings. When I click on the sound for each event, nothing is played.

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3114570.0

ideas? Running KDE 4.6

[lmilano]

Re: No More System Sounds

Have you looked at the Player Settings tab in

System Settings > System Notifications Configuration > Manage Notifications

It should be set to KDE sound settings. HTH!

[ScottyK]

Re: No More System Sounds

Just checked and that option is checked.

[lmilano]

Re: No More System Sounds

Oh, then it must be a bug in 4.6. It might be worth looking into Multimedia -> Phonon and see if there is anything fishy there ...

[Snowhog]

Re: No More System Sounds

ScottyK@

First, what sound card/chip do you have?

lscpi | grep udio

Second, what Multimedia Backend is installed? System Settings > Multimedia > Phonon > Backend

[ScottyK]

Re: No More System Sounds

1. Running your command came up with this error.

Segmentation fault

2. Backend is Xine (4.4.4)

When I upgraded to 4.6 (using the backports) I had system sounds for a while. Just about 3-4 days ago I noticed that when I start the computer I didn't hear anything. Everything else sound wise is fine.

[Snowhog]

Re: No More System Sounds

Sorry. My bad (typo) in the first command. It should be:

lspci | grep udio

[ubuntuku]

Re: No More System Sounds

You may need to reset the phonon and knotify settings. Close all running applications then run these commands in terminal:

rm $(kde4-config --localprefix)/share/config/phonondevicesrc
rm $(kde4-config --localprefix)/share/config/*notifyrc
sudo shutdown -r now

[ScottyK]

Re: No More System Sounds

ubuntuku - No effect.

Snowhog - Here is what I got..

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)

[Snowhog]

Re: No More System Sounds

Let's ensure that the obvious isn't biting you.

K > System Settings > Application and System Notifications > Manage Notifications > Player Settings
Make sure that Use the KDE sound system is checked, and that Volume is set to 100%.

Also verify that you actually have sounds associated (checked):

K > System Settings > Application and System Notifications > Manage Notifications > Applications > Event source: KDE Workspace. Click on Login.
Play a sound should be checked, and KDE-Sys-Log-In-Short.ogg shown as the sound file. Verify the others in the list. Test each by clicking on the play button arrow to the left of the listed sound file.

[ScottyK]

Re: No More System Sounds

1. Verified the 'KDE Sound system" is checked, and at 100% volume.

2. Verified sounds are described for the event. The "Play a sound" to the left is checked. Clicking on the "play" button next to the sound plays nothing. Tried several sounds that used to work. Then played a video, and the video had sound, confirming the hardware works, and was not muted.

I'm wondering if the KDE 4.6 upgrade borked something. Almost 2 months to go until the release of Natty, perhaps it will solve itself then!

Thanks for the suggestions!

[Snowhog]

Re: No More System Sounds

Let's try an experiment. Open a console and type:

kdesudo kcmshell4 kcmnotify

This will launch the Manage Notifications - KDE Control Module 'as root'. Check the settings and try the sounds again. Do they still not work, or do they play?

[ScottyK]

Re: No More System Sounds

Negative. As before, I heard a slight "click" coming from the speakers, but no sounds played. further attempts to play sounds did not produce the "click".

[lmilano]

Re: No More System Sounds

Wild shot. What if you click "Defaults" in the "Manage Notifications" window to reset everything to Default values?

[ScottyK]

Re: No More System Sounds

Still nothing..