long ago I wrote: "The first problem involves only KDE apps. I can get sound in KDE, because I can get sounds from user actions such as maximizing windows, clicking on things, etc. However, I cannot play MP3s. Whenever I try to play an MP3 using a KDE application in KDE, I get a SIGABRT crash, with the crash text that is at the bottom of this message."
I reported this bug to KDE, and it should be fixed for the next release. http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107432
