system settings audio test plays sound regardless of actual situation

[Lars Noodén]

Binary package hint: systemsettings

Even with PulseAudio packages removed from the system, it still shows up as a valid choice in the system settings. A test of the sound (using the Test button) plays sound. It shouldn't if Pulse is not installed. If pulse is not installed, then the test should not produce any sound at all.

KDE's sytem settings -> Multimedia -> Video -> Output Device Preference

It looks like the system settings there have no relation to what is used by the applications. For example, no matter what I set in the system settings, VLC still plays via the internals speaker. Also, setting the audio preferences inside VLC doesn't change where the audio comes out either.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

Package: systemsettings
Priority: optional
Section: kde
Installed-Size: 1140
Maintainer: Kubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Source: kdebase-workspace
Version: 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. While we appreciate your issue, it would be better if it was tracked at https://bugs.kde.org, so that the KDE developers can deal with this speedily and have direct communication with you as the reporter for more effective debugging.

Thanks!