Bug 129074 - kdesktop blocks sound device
Summary: kdesktop blocks sound device
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: KDE (show other bugs)
Version: RC 4
Hardware: i386 Other
: P5 - None : Normal
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Reported: 2005-10-18 16:17 UTC by Stefan Hundhammer
Modified: 2006-02-04 15:53 UTC (History)
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Description Stefan Hundhammer 2005-10-18 16:17:09 UTC 
After installing SuSE 10.0 new on my machine (and keeping my existing ~/.kde 
directory, imported via NFS) sound didn't work any more. 
 
After some experimenting I noticed that kdesktop crashed when I reconfigured 
sound with the YaST2 sound module - kdesktop blocked the sound device. 
 
I just found the reason: In my ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc I had the following 
entry: 
 
[Desktop Icons] 
Preview=imagethumbnail,clipartthumbnail,cursorthumbnail,htmlthumbnail, 
gsthumbnail,designerthumbnail,fontthumbnail,svgthumbnail,picturethumbnail, 
audio/,textthumbnail,webarchivethumbnail 
^^^^^^ 
That was the problem. 
 
Deleting that "audio/" entry restored working sound for all applications. 
 
I have no clue how this entry got there, but I guess many KDE users who keep 
their ~/.kde directory (including all who did an update, of course) will have the 
same problem. 
 
We should do something about that or at least write an SDB article.
Comment 1 Stephan Kulow 2006-02-04 15:53:16 UTC 
it's still unclear what caused it for Stefan and so far I'm not aware of a single other user, so I dare to not care