Recompiling kaudioserver from the source from ftp.kde.org fixes the problem.
I have a patch from the KDE mailing list that fixes this problem: --- kdebase-1.1.1/kaudio/kaudioserver.cpp.orig Sat Jun 26 01:30:03 1999 +++ kdebase-1.1.1/kaudio/kaudioserver.cpp Sat Jun 26 01:30:09 1999 @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ // Disconnect for cleanup MdDisconnect(&m); // Kill the child process (maudio) + signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL); kill(maudioPID, SIGKILL); } else
As of 6/22, this change is now in the KDE CVS repository.
this has been fixed for the next release.