[ale] Linux/cd sound woes.

[dhurst at mindspring.com (Dow_Hurst)]

I'll second that about Suse 9.3 and kscd.  It tends to not work and also hang the drive.  The later version in KDE included in 10.1 fixed that problem.
Dow


-----Original Message-----
>From: James Taylor <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com>
>Sent: Oct 2, 2006 9:34 PM
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: Re: [ale] Linux/cd sound woes.
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>Try killing KsCD and open the CD with kaffeine.
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>It's been awhile since I've run 9.3, but it seems like KsCD never worked right for me.  I've pretty much stuck with kaffeine all my media, though sometimes I play with amarok for mp3's.
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>>>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2006 at  1:55 PM, in message
><452152A8.6060406 at fayettedigital.com>, Jim <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>
>wrote: 
>> I'm running Suse 9.3.  When I plug an audio cd into the machine, an 
>> instance of KsCD pops up and seems to indicate that it is playing the 
>> tunes, however I don't hear a thing.  KaMix shows the volume at 96% and 
>> I know generally audio is working 'cause I get the alert sounds when the 
>> system isn't happy, like taDa!  I can also cat .wav files to /dev/dsp. 
>> 
>> Any suggestions as to how to troubleshoot this beast?  I'm running 
>> another system on Debian with the same symptoms except that catting .wav 
>> files to /dev/dsp generates the strangest modulated white noise I've 
>> ever heard!
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>> Thanks,
>> Jim.
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