On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:18:54 +0000, Ron Eggler typed this message:

> noi ance wrote:
>
>> 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 also found I had to delete an outdated ~/.esd_* file from my home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.
>
> What command did you add to your .bashrc? I renamed the ~/.esd_auth I
> had to ~/.esd_auth~ - let's see on next bootup if this helped.... Doubt
> it tho... but who knows... thanks for sure for this hint!
>
> Ron

Actually I only needed it once.

if [ ! -e /tmp/.esd-${UID} ]; then
ln -s /tmp/.esd /tmp/.esd-${UID}


created a /tmp/.esd-${UID}

That was for Gnome ESD.

Maybe http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup solution for KDE will
work for you.