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archiebald

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Registered: 2007-06-03

Posts: 90

[SOLVED]KDE 4.3, playback device HDA Intel does not work

When I go to System Settings->Multimedia and click on test button for my HDA Intel (STAC92xx Analog) soundcard, I get this error:

Notification from Phonon:KDE's Multimedia
The audio playback device HDA Intel (STAC92xx Analog) does not work.
Falling back to default

I installed ALSA.

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#2 | grep Codec
Codec: SigmaTel STAC9274D

In Gnome and Xfce I have sound, but I don't know what to do to get sound to work in KDE.

http://tinyurl.com/lw8xvy

Last edited by archiebald (2009-08-09 15:44:46)

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: [SOLVED]KDE 4.3, playback device HDA Intel does not work

Go to System Settings > Multimedia, and set everywhere the device named "default" above all the other devices listed in every box.

archiebald

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Registered: 2007-06-03

Posts: 90

Re: [SOLVED]KDE 4.3, playback device HDA Intel does not work

Go to System Settings > Multimedia, and set everywhere the device named "default" above all the other devices listed in every box.

Thank you very much, it works.:D

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: [SOLVED]KDE 4.3, playback device HDA Intel does not work

I just added this solution to the Troubleshooting area in the wiki page

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE … und_in_KDE

Barghest

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From: Hanau/Germany

Registered: 2008-01-03

Posts: 563

Re: [SOLVED]KDE 4.3, playback device HDA Intel does not work

How can I go to the system settings if I only use some kde apps without the whole DE?

turing

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2006-12-10

Posts: 30

Re: [SOLVED]KDE 4.3, playback device HDA Intel does not work

Run systemsettings

/usr/bin/systemsettings ist in kdebase-workspace 4.3.0-2 enthalten

Barghest

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From: Hanau/Germany

Registered: 2008-01-03

Posts: 563

Re: [SOLVED]KDE 4.3, playback device HDA Intel does not work

Thanks for the answer.

Sadly I now I have to install 180MB of packages just to solve this issue

Matt3o

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From: Firenze, Italy

Registered: 2007-09-13

Posts: 177

Re: [SOLVED]KDE 4.3, playback device HDA Intel does not work

Also changing the backend from phonon-gstreamer to phonon-xine seems to solve this issue. I don't know if it's better to use "default" in gstreamer or appropriate device in xine... to me the latter sounds more logical but could be wrong.

pacman -S phonon-xine

system settings > Multimedia > Backend > Xine

ps: you can always switch from one backend to the other.

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: [SOLVED]KDE 4.3, playback device HDA Intel does not work

FYI, Those problems and solutions are here http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE … _under_KDE