On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:34:49 +0000, Ron Eggler typed this message:

> Ron Eggler wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't get any system sounds out of my opensuse 11 kde 4.1
>> installation :(. Even tho Amarok plays music smoothly I don't get any
>> system sounds, e.g. kopete notifications. Also Ktts wouldn't say
>> anything and just tell me to configure it. But when I wanna open the
>> configuration dialog i get an error message: "A Fatal Error Occurred
>> The application KDE Control Module (kcmshell4) crashed and caused the
>> signal 11 (SIGSEGV).
>> Please help us improve the software you use by filing a report at
>> http://bugs.kde.org. Useful details include how to reproduce the error,
>> documents that were loaded, etc."
>>
>> What's going wrong here, what am I missing? Sound example in Yast plays
>> fine too.
>>
>> Thank you!
>
>
> The Devices I see under "Sound - System Settings" in "System Settings -
> Sound" are: HDA Intel(ALC883 Analog)
> HDA Intel (ALC883 Digital) #1
> HDA Intel ALC883 Digital (IEC958 S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output) default
> hw:0,0
> hw:0,1
> HDA Intel (ALC883 Digital) (grayed out) HDA Intel (ALC883 Analog)
> (grayed out)
>
> I've tried every device on top and for some of them i get a message
> saying that the device wouldn't work and kde is falling back to the next
> in the list.
> I have connected the amplifier on the connector on the back and Amarok
> always plays, no matter what order the devices in this list are in - any
> ideas?
> Hints would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thank you!
>
> Ron

Not sure if you're having the same problem as I did with Pulse Audio and
system sounds. There's a webpage "perfect pulse sound or perfect sound
pulse audio" that lists a bunch of workarounds for pulse audio.

In my case I added a command to .bashrc for Gnome ESD (Esound). But I
also found I had to delete an outdated ~/.esd_* file from my home
folder. Now my system sounds seem to be working though I haven't heard
the logout sound or email_sounds yet.