adamk said:
Install a program like mpg123 and try playing an mp3 file with it.
Adam
Greetings Adam,
Thanks for your reply, and suggestion.
Well, as it turns out, I've got it working - well, mostly.
I bailed out of KDE, and tried to reconcile things while in XFCE-4.6.2.
It was there that I found a different Mixer sound setup - It's from
the KDE-3.5 branch. Hmmm. As I chose not to use any of the KDE "meta" ports for installing KDE-4.4.4 in an effort to avoid getting KDE-edu, KDE-games, and a few others. I used the instructions (method) outlined on
KDE on FreeBSD team's (FAQ). Specifically
Say I decide that I don't want to use the KDE meta port/package. What is the proper order to install the various KDE components?
qt, arts, kdelibs, kdebase. The installation order of the other KDE modules (kdeedu, kdegames, kdegraphics, etc.) does not really matter, except that (if you install it) kdeaddons must be installed after all other modules.
Well, after installing QT4,ARTS,KDELIBS4, and KDEBASE4. I started installing the applications that I felt I would actually need/use - always trying to use those with
4 appended. A few of them didn't have the
4. So one of them apparently pulled in a portion of the 3.5 tree. Bottom line:
the 3.5 version allows controlling the sound system, and the 4 version complains that the PCM(0-2) are non functional. I can listen to all my mp3's with Mplayer, but the quality of the sound could be better (likely due to competition between the 2 versions attempting to gain control). I'll probably just have to wipe the disk, and start anew, but use the META version of KDE, and
Code:
# make -DFORCE_DELETE deinstall
the EDU && GAMES afterwards - sigh...
Oh well, at least I have a handle on this whole mess now.
Thank you again for your reply.
A big thanks to all those who suffered though my stupid questions, and were kind enough to respond anyway.
Best wishes.
