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Umm... I was under the impression that all modern sound cards have a hardware synthesizer... I have an Audigy 2 ZS Platinum - a fairly high-end card. Oh, it has specs on creative.com - which clearly state it has a hardware synthesizer... Do I need something extra to make it work? Shouldn't ALSA "just work" with it?

I agree, preventing me from switching to another desktop, as you described, would annoy me. However, just now I tried to replicate your problem and I can't say I'm seeing it: the desktop switches perfectly fine, and the windows on old desktop become unhidden (as can be seen in desktop preview). I think you just stumbled onto a bug You keep mentioning how windows should be minimized - I just remembered that I was pissed off at windows for doing just that. What the UI would do, when I press "show ...

Not sure if this is strictly KDE, but my system can't play any MIDIs. I've tried them with all kinds of players, including KMid - all to no avail. I'm using ALSA as the sound system. The MIDI Device shows up in the control panel as "Midi Through Midi Though Port-0 - ALSA device". "Use MIDI mapper" is unchecked. All other sounds (non-synthesized) work just fine. Any help appreciated!

Good call, it was set to "No audio output". After setting it to "Use the KDE sound system" and restarting the sound system (ALSA), it started working. Thank you!

Quoted Originally posted by Lamar I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that, but it should be made clear that this is not a "Windows Way" versus the "Linux Way" issue. It's a "KDE's Way" being wildly different than "Every Other DE's Way." In every DE (that I know of) except KDE, the "show desktop" button minimizes the windows. KDE does not. Instead it seems to "hide" the windows while "showing" the desktop and that's the reason for the strange behavior already mentioned. Fair enough, though I ...

Hi there, I think I've changed some settings around KDE and made it so that system notification sounds no longer play at all. I get audio through amarok and mplayer just fine, and "test sound" works in the control panel. However, when I try to preview any sound in System Notifications panel, I get nothing. Could someone help me diagnose/fix this? Thanks

I think this follows the least astonishment path for users familiar with ms windows - it displays the same behavior. Otherwise, if the windows are kept minimized in your test case, and you press the show desktop button again, what would you expect to happen? * I might expect that desktop will be shown since this is a "show desktop" button * you might expect that the previously-minimized windows are restored, since the button keeps a "state" It will be even harder to tell who's right if it comes ...