Intermittent audio errors at login

[Mary Ellen Foster]

2009/5/28 Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at>:
> Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
>> This is the list of devices KDE thinks can be removed:
>>     - Output: PulseAudio Sound Server
>
> Hmmm, that's the ALSA PulseAudio plugin, Phonon doesn't seem to understand
> that that's nor a hardware device.

At the moment, in my "Multimedia" KCM, I have the following entries for output:
- PulseAudio
- HDA Intel (STAC92xx Analog)
- Default
- HDA Intel, INTEL HDMI (HDMI Audio Output)
- PulseAudio Sound Server (currently greyed out)
- Jack Audio Connection Kit
- Esound (ESD)
If I check "Show advanced devices", a new item appears above "Default":
- HDA Intel (INTEL HDMI)

For capture, the list is a bit shorter:
- HDA Intel (STAC92xx Analog)
- PulseAudio Sound Server
- Default

How many of these are necessary or even make sense? It's very
confusing (and the "Help" button is greyed out too, to make it even
more fun).

MEF

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