rh9 kde notification sounds locking soundcard

From: Stephen (private_at_private.ca)
Date: 09/13/03 

Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:15:25 GMT

If I enable notification sounds in KDE, I can't play mp3s. I get a message
box telling me to check my soundcard config. If I switch users - to one
without notification sounds, I can play the mp3s.

To fix, I have to turn off the sounds and run #sndconfig.

$sndconfig can't write to the device.

The other strange thing about these sound notifications is that since
turning them on (which I will NEVER do again) my passwords
don't echo - even though in control center I have password echo
set to *.

This is obviously not a big problem. I really don't need to hear my
windows go swoosh, but this weirdness worries me.

Do I have a corrupted config or something?