On Thursday 04 Dec 2003 11:35 pm, herve wrote: > Hi all > i have a probleme after alsa 0.5 install with arts.... > > I have a woody with kde 3.1.4 and some backports. > After alsa installation, i choose alsa in the sound control panel...then i > got an error : > > Sound server informational message: > Error while initializing the sound driver: > device: default can't be opened for playback (Unknown error) > The sound server will continue, using the null output device. > > it's very curious... > > When i was using oss all was ok with kde sounds, noatun was working....and > xmms freeze > > After alsa installation and arts disabled, there is no longer kde sounds > and sound from noatun but xmms works > > do i have to say goodbye to alsa and xmms? that would fix your problem. try juk as a media player in kde.
> i've installed alsa cause i though thath i could bring me more > configuration possibility than oss about mixers.... it does > > When i want to install xmmsarts in order tu use arts output plugin for > xmms, it tells me that i have to install libarts-alsa and libarts... > When i try to install libarts-alsa apt "want" to remove nearly all my kde > packages.... > as you might know the debian servers are offline at present so no fixes can be made. Otherwise the problem would have been fixed overnight. > Someone has an idea of what is all this tricky thing ?? > > thx in advance hope this helps -- Peter Nuttall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
