Description of problem: KDE Sound server (artsd) crashes at startup, and whenever KDE tries to use it. arts debug-info: Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread -1208628832 (LWP 2741)] [KCrash handler] #4 Arts::PlayObject_base::_create (subClass=@0xbfbec650) at kmedia2.cc:208 #5 0x0805f6e6 in Arts::SoundServerV2_impl::createPlayObjectForURL ( this=0x88838b0, url=@0xbfbec6d4, mimetype=@0xbfbec6d0, createBUS=false) at kmedia2.h:241 #6 0x009e4dfc in _dispatch_Arts_PlayObjectFactoryV2_00 (object=0x8883954, request=0x88e9f28, result=0x88ea608) at kmedia2.cc:1949 #7 0x024a9ce6 in Arts::Object_skel::_dispatch (this=0x888393c, request=0x88e9f28, result=0x88ea608, methodID=47) at object.cc:854 #8 0x024aa63d in Arts::Dispatcher::handle (this=0xbfbeeb44, conn=0x88e7250, buffer=0x88e9f28, messageType=4) at dispatcher.cc:559 #9 0x024ab505 in Arts::Connection::receive (this=0x88e7250, newdata=0xbfbec898 "MCOP", newlen=80) at connection.cc:168 #10 0x024ab6fe in Arts::SocketConnection::notifyIO (this=0x88e7250, _fd=13, types=1) at socketconnection.cc:139 #11 0x0248b8b3 in Arts::StdIOManager::processOneEvent (this=0x885db60, blocking=true) at iomanager.cc:308 #12 0x024839e0 in Arts::StdIOManager::run (this=0x885db60) at iomanager.cc:357 #13 0x02483907 in Arts::Dispatcher::run (this=0xbfbeeb44) at dispatcher.cc:954 #14 0x0805aa3e in main (argc=) at artsd.cc:360 #15 0x004b2f70 in __libc_start_main (main=0x8059f70 <main>, argc=14, ubp_av=0xbfbeed34, init=0x8064d20 <__libc_csu_init>, fini=0x8064d10 <__libc_csu_fini>, rtld_fini=0x48c3d0 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbfbeed2c) at libc-start.c:222 #16 0x08053ad1 in _start () How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
rpm -q arts please
I can't start arts either. I don't know if it is the same problem the OP had. [jks@jks-desktop ~]$ artsd *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused Error while initializing the sound driver: device: default can't be opened for playback (Connection refused) [jks@jks-desktop ~]$ rpm -q arts arts-1.5.8-4.fc8 arts-1.5.8-4.fc8
Joseph, you're having a separate problem (arts not crashing but pulseaudio not being able to open/initialize the audio device). Do you have kde-settings-pulseaudio installed? If not, you need it.
Thanks, installing kde-settings-pulseaudio solved my problem. It should probably be required for all kde installs.
fwiw, it's the default (ie, included if you 'yum groupinstall kde-desktop'), but not required so that it's optional (ie, folks can opt-out of pulseaudio support if they so choose).
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