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   From: Seaside Peter    
   Subject: sound problem   
   Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:01:31 +0000   
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   I was running 6.10 with the Gnome desktop. My external usb sound card was   
   detected and played fine.   
      
   Then I decided to try the KDE desktop - just tinkering, really. In KDE I   
   can not only get no sound at all but I can't get any mixers or sound tweak   
   utilities to load - just get the hourglass. And if I try to alter the   
   settings/sound applet it just freezes.   
      
   aplay -l gives:   
      
   **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****   
   card 0: PSC805 [Philips PSC805], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]   
     Subdevices: 0/1   
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0   
   card 1: default [VOIP USB Phone           ], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]   
     Subdevices: 1/1   
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0   
   card 3: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 0: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237]   
     Subdevices: 4/4   
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0   
     Subdevice #1: subdevice #1   
     Subdevice #2: subdevice #2   
     Subdevice #3: subdevice #3   
   card 3: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 1: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237]   
     Subdevices: 1/1   
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0   
      
      
   Device 0 - the Phillips - is what should be working, and does (still)   
   under Gnome.   
      
   Any ideas on how to proceed, bearing in mind that I've already tried   
   reinstalling alsa, alsamixer etc?   
      
   TIA for any help...   
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