i actually was given a solution to this after reporting this in bugzilla, which worked. basically artsd had to be released before flash could use it for sound, so i had to set it in the Control Center to release artsd after a shorter timeout (i have it set to 2 seconds) it works. sorry if i didn't mention it sooner.
well, i found out how to make it come back. (ctrl-M) but, for future reference is there a setting or anything that will make it so i cannot disappear again?
when i open Konqueror, everthing is fine. but, when i go to type a URL in the location bar and hit enter, or click on a bookmark, i suddenly lose the menu bar (i.e. the bar at the top with "Location," "Edit," etc. on it). does anyone know why this happens, and how to make it stop? or at the very least, make it so the bookmarks menu option is still available? i'm running on AMD64, so might this be a 64bit related bug?
i need help, and i figured since this might be an artsd problem, i figured i'd try posting here. basically, my problem is that i can play flash videos and such in firefox, but when logged in as a loser... i mean user ... i have no sound. strangely enough, when logged in as root i do get sound. so, i came to the conclusion that it is a permissions issue... i also get sound in Gnome as a user, so that is why i suspect this is a KDE hiccup. somwhere along the way i have a permission issue that is t...