From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37CA0158091 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:20:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D0972E0992; Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:20:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01a.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01a.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.20]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 819AEE0968 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:20:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01a.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o1sEX-0005qG-8H for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:20:37 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE Plasma sound not working Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:20:37 +0100 Message-ID: <2636502.mvXUDI8C0e@wstn> In-Reply-To: <4721078.GXAFRqVoOG@wstn> References: <3675527.kQq0lBPeGt@wstn> <3d342c8a-c8d0-7723-6a8b-221350510c1f@jroy.ca> <4721078.GXAFRqVoOG@wstn> 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01a-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 2f530bca-3d53-4c3e-b33c-b8fdb1f36a03 X-Archives-Hash: ce6f5288fda101c757e998cdd7331270 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. -- Regards, Peter.