From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 07:34:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CEA16A41B for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:34:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CD7013C467 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:34:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lAN7YX5Q092815; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:34:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id lAN7YVMq092814; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:34:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:34:31 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Andreas Davour Message-ID: <20071123073431.GB92392@thought.org> References: <20071120185548.GA43505@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 21 of service to the Unix community. Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List , KDE at FreeBSD List Subject: Re: Basically: why such troubles with KDE audio? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:34:34 -0000 On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 05:44:21AM +0100, Andreas Davour wrote: > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, Gary Kline wrote: [[ ... ]] > > > Suggestions from KDE-land, please? > > As have been mentioned, you don't have to mount a CD to use KsCD to play > music. > > Do 'cat /dev/sndstat' to determine if you have more than one sound card. > Take note of which you want to use. > > Do 'mixer' in order to see if the volume is set correctly. Mixer man > manipulate more than one device if you use the -f flag. > > Now, in KDE I hope you have checked the 'kmix' volumes? Note also that > you can right-click on kmix in the task bar and set what channel the > master volume is controlling. It wont help you hearing any sound from > the CD if the volume slider is controlling the RecMon... > > Hope that gave you some places to look and investigate. > Thanks for your input, but it was ignorance that KsCD is not for playback of audio CD's on FBSD. This from Michael Nottebrook. I got into amarok today--this time I actually read the docs-- so maybe I'll be able to use amarok to do most of my audio. gary > /Andreas > > -- > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org