From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FEEF1381F3 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:48:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 17165E0AC7; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:48:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f52.google.com (mail-pb0-f52.google.com [209.85.160.52]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0A337E07E0 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:48:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f52.google.com with SMTP id wz12so4143831pbc.39 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:48:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=fE05q2C+Fr79yTmVJTKl52Sk+4O7TAu/zBfDAIeXuI0=; b=D9VsoNu4c9Vdspzdb/7ecQTY64yL37csLr44EDATFaJx4AO3rdEz76rZkmxOKHtbS1 3QayaPSjbk5GghzzxkYa2W6MVytiA6wzLgv0PcH60osU5qhG4oCNSPG31DTvrPNJtvlZ ui5JP/ud0o4dB8/9nqcEmr5HzvOyXyxnFhFEvhpV+Uy3UocDIrvlJdtDw8z+dTPb4JHS 9ZUdOMM+kSJpi8N07a51GjZwDFXgMr1UUNOKbHXZ4U8zubIj8nFwJBUGxw4aWc+XpKlc anfSHpcQcY/4gnhWXQCYi6xOom73VBEXW8yKtm2MxY0a3Ay3VIyUcNOYNxIvMKXMFkqF xNRg== X-Received: by 10.66.186.204 with SMTP id fm12mr1101125pac.189.1379342888951; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:48:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (triband-mum-59.182.98.134.mtnl.net.in. [59.182.98.134]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id 7sm39131233paf.22.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:48:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:20:14 +0530 From: Yohan Pereira To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] All KDE-related programs don't play music anymore Message-ID: <20130916145014.GA30577@dethkomp> References: <1581156.I0CF5Bh7lZ@zeus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1581156.I0CF5Bh7lZ@zeus> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: e71cb053-a4b6-4ebd-aa54-ae114448e3e2 X-Archives-Hash: b120cfae5a34089920fd5e5dd604ee52 On 16/09/13 at 01:37pm, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > Hi there, > > I've got a somewhat strange problem, which occurs on both my laptop and my > desktop-pc, both running gentoo. From one day to the other, all KDE-based > music/media player don't start playing music anymore. > I've tried Amarok, Kaffeine and Juk, and all of them seem to hang when starting > any kind of music file (mp3/flac/wma). But, strangly, kaffeine plays videos with > sound without a problem. Also, other programs (non-kde), for example audacity > and xine, play mp3 files properly. > In kde's system settings, the phonon configuration dialog play its test sounds > properly. > > Any ideas? Any idea why it affects two different systems pretty much at the same > time? Any idea why it worked yesterday morning and started to have troubles > yesterday evening, without having changed anything in the system? > > BTW: dmesg shows a lot of lines that might be relevant: > [21219.855176] traps: alsa-sink[12956] general protection ip:7f08486569f2 > sp:7f083fff6b70 error:0 in libasound.so.2.0.0[7f0848600000+ea000] > one per attempt to play anything in amarok. > > Best regards > Alex Not sure but this looks like an issue with the phonon backend. What backend have you got configured? try compiling another one and see if you have the same issues. A quick google brings up this, seems old though. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-880043-start-0.html -- - Yohan Pereira The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal. -- Mark Twain