Re: [gentoo-user] KDE Plasma sound not working

[Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>]

On Thursday, 16 June 2022 17:10:38 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:29:54 BST Julien Roy wrote:
> > On 6/15/22 06:52, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > > I do something like that by copying a good user account as a basis for
> > > the
> > > next iteration. The problem is just the fineness of granularity that's
> > > needed, now that a coarse grain hasn't helped. Hey-ho. Here we must go
> > > again...
> > 
> > What is certain is that the issue is caused by a file in your home
> > directory, since creating a new user fixes the problem.
> 
> Having spent several hours at this today, I've concluded that the problem is
> caused by the Startpage add-on to Firefox. Specifically, startpage 1.3 and
> Firefox 71.10. Early in the stepwise setting everything up, I started

91.10.

> Firefox, set its typefaces and so on, then installed Startpage. The sound
> system stopped working instantly. I removed Startpage and the sound came
> back. A reboot confirmed that no lasting damage had been done. So, I'm now
> using 'EU Startpage - Unofficial', which seems to working well so far.
> 
> > What may help you to be more specific with this would be to list what
> > files were modified since the last time audio worked; for example, `find
> > $HOME -mtime 0` will show files modified in the last 24 hours
> > 
> > You might want to run this command on .config or .kde directories to see
> > what could have changed, although it's true that it might take a while
> > to pin point it...
> > 
> > Another option, since you mention that you re-created your user multiple
> > times, is to just delete specific folders, reboot, and try audio. Maybe
> > start with .config as that would be the most obvious culprit. If that
> > doesn't work, try .kde (not sure if that folder is in ~/  or ~/.config),
> > then other directories.
> 
> I'll stick with the system I have for the moment, thanks. I'll also report
> the problem to the developers.
> 
> > Also, did you check `dmesg` to see if there are any errors related to
> > the audio device/driver? Try `dmesg --level=err,warn`
> 
> Thanks for your ideas, Julien.


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Regards,
Peter.