I have artsd running on this install, but kmix cannot find any sound backend running:
449 ? S 0:03 _ tdelauncher [tdeinit] --new-startup 460 ? S 0:24 _ twin [tdeinit] -session 10d7cdd8c9000139108311200000009720000_1391 479 ? S 1:32 _ /opt/trinity/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -s 60 -m artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f
kmix has the red crossed-out circle over it in the tray and when opened, you have no option of choosing any backend sound server. I have screenshot of them both.
What should I attempt to try and get kmix working?
I've seen this before, when logging in with the same account between two systems that have different sound hardware.
Try terminating kmix, delete the two kmix* rc files, then start kmix.
Darrell