Real player doesn't work on F9 under KDE -- Solved

[stan]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> So in a moment of insanity I configured the realplay preferences to use
> OSS instead of Alsa, and lo and behold it worked! The only flaw is that
> the volume controls have no effect, even when running under pasuspender.
>
> <snip>
>   
If you run OSS on any current linux OS you are really running oss emulation
under alsa.  So there is something interfering with direct alsa use that 
isn't interfering
with alsa OSS emulation.  Have you tried turning off the esd sound 
server as well as
pulse?
esdctl off
Not sure of the equivalent under KDE, ksound?
Maybe then alsa will work and you will get your volume control back.
> poc
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