Kaffeine crashes

[Paul Smith]

On Dec 23, 2007 5:57 PM, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb at tiscali.fr> wrote:
> > Kaffeine crashes here with the following message:
> >
> > $ kaffeine
> > 11
> > $ *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused
> > KCrash: Application 'kaffeine' crashing...
> > system call fstat: Bad file descriptor
> > system call fstat: Bad file descriptor
> > system call fstat: Bad file descriptor
> > system call fstat: Bad file descriptor
> >
> > $
> >
> > I am using:
> >
> > $ rpm -qi kaffeine
> > Name        : kaffeine                     Relocations: (not relocatable)
> > Version     : 0.8.5                             Vendor: Fedora Project
> > Release     : 5.fc8                         Build Date: Tue 30 Oct
> > 2007 02:18:24 PM WET
> > Install Date: Sun 23 Dec 2007 04:51:32 PM WET      Build Host:
> > xenbuilder4.fedora.phx.redhat.com
> > Group       : Applications/Multimedia       Source RPM:
> > kaffeine-0.8.5-5.fc8.src.rpm
> > Size        : 5934935                          License: GPLv2+
> > Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Tue 30 Oct 2007 08:13:55 PM WET, Key ID
> > b44269d04f2a6fd2 Packager    : Fedora Project
> > URL         : http://kaffeine.sourceforge.net/
> > Summary     : Xine-based media player
> > Description :
> > Kaffeine is a xine-based media player for KDE.  It plays back CDs,
> > and VCDs, and can decode all (local or streamed) multimedia formats
> > supported by xine-lib.
> > Additionally, Kaffeine is fully integrated in KDE, it supports drag
> > and drop and provides an editable playlist, a bookmark system, a
> > Konqueror plugin, OSD and much more.
> > $
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Hi Paul. Is this the only audio app that you have problems with on Fedora 8?
>
> I removed pulseaudio audio from F8, as my sound apps stopped working, whereas
> pre piklseaudio no problems.
> yum remove alsa-plugin-pulseaudio  (plugin may be plugins)
>
> That will also remove the KDE component for pulseaudio IIRC.
>
> Now see if Kaffeine works again.
>
> You can always re-install alsa-plugin/s-pulseaudio at a later time, and figure
> out how it works, not forgetting to re-install the KDE component of
> pulseaudio. I intend to do this, as pulseaudio seems interesting, and you can
> set volume levels for various sound apps that are using the soundcard.
>
> At the moment though, all I want is the sound to work, as it always has, and
> pulseaudio has put a spanner in the works.
>
> I think "Incoming" is the right word here, as I'm bound to receive some flac
> in suggesting dumping pulseaudio.

Thanks, Nigel. Indeed,

yum remove pulseaudio

solves the problem. And furthermore, mplayer can now play the sound of
avi files.

Paul