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 1D588158091 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:20:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A98DE0991; Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01c.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01c.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9E0CCE0973 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:20:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01c.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o2A19-0003Fi-6K for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:19:59 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE Plasma sound not working Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:19:58 +0100 Message-ID: <4773629.31r3eYUQgx@wstn> In-Reply-To: <3439288.iIbC2pHGDl@lenovo.localdomain> References: <3675527.kQq0lBPeGt@wstn> <2634649.mvXUDI8C0e@wstn> <3439288.iIbC2pHGDl@lenovo.localdomain> 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-smarthost01c-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: a825b189-f421-40ea-8e1b-dfccb1c18fb3 X-Archives-Hash: e33aa8f4d162c5c1fac71a8912ba3744 On Friday, 17 June 2022 09:55:17 BST Michael wrote: > On Friday, 17 June 2022 07:35:54 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Friday, 17 June 2022 02:28:26 BST Julien Roy wrote: > > > It's really weird that a Firefox add-on would cause system-wide sound to > > > stop working! > > > > Well, it may not be system-wide, but yes - you see why I took so long to > > find it! > > It is even more weird this add-on provides just a search engine! It's not > as if the add-on is related to a media player, or something you could > expect it might need to touch audio. I assume it's an inadvertent error: overwriting something it shouldn't. Don't ask me what, though. > I tried it on a plasma desktop and I can replicate the problem. However, I > noticed if I go into Configure Audio Devices and select 'Analogue Stereo' > and then 'Analogue Stereo Duplex' back & forth, the audio starts playing > again. This is with a hard wired audio, no bluetooth. No BT here either; I gave up on that some time ago. > Any idea what the difference is between the various StartPage add-ons? I have noticed that the ordinary startpage has started behaving differently in recent versions. For instance, I searched for 'Best ...' once, and from then on, when I opened a tab and typed a B, that 'Best ...' appeared, in bold, right at the top. It couldn't be removed, even by deleting the add-on and rebooting. I won't be using that again. > Is StartPage to be trusted, anymore than all the rest mass surveillance > corporates? I don't know; is that what they do? Have you looked at https:// eu.startpage.com/ ? -- Regards, Peter.