To check that sound is working independently of aRts, make
sure that artsd isn't running and then try playing sound
through XMMS or another multimedia application
that isn't a part of TDE. If that application doesn't play sound, then
your general sound setup is probably broken and it's not a TDE
problem. Try playing sound with
artsplay
/path/to/some/soundfile. Try various
formats, ogg, mp3 and wav. Any error messages there might be useful in
pointing you in the right direction. Try setting the aRts output method to OSS. In the
KDE Control Center go to Sound & Multimedia->Sound System. On the
Hardware tab, under Select the audio
device choose Open Sound System. If you are
running alsa this will use the OSS
emulation, which may give better or worse results. Running artsd -l
0 from a terminal will give you a lot of debug output,
some of which might help you to diagnose the problem. Trying this in
conjunction with using artsplay in a second terminal can give a wealth of information. If an artsd instance is already running, exit it with artsshell
terminate |