delayed operation of /dev/dsp with KDE

From: Pierre Alexis (pierrealexis_at_cheerful.com)
Date: 01/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:40:35 GMT

I have a RH 7.1 Linux on pc hw, with a SB Vibra sound card. If I run:

cat soundfile.wav > /dev/dsp

in a KDE console just after login, it takes almost a minute before I get
any sound output. Thereafter if works almost istantaneously, although
occasionally this delayed response is repeated, not systematically and
not associated with logging in. (It behaves identically with my own C
application using OSS APIs).

The same command in a Gnome console works perfectly everytime!

Is there any KDE setting I could alter to fix this?

Thanks!

Pierre