I have updated my kde from 3.5.5 from sources on Crux-PPC.
It work very well, but the system sounds are disturbed.
When I play an mp3 with Totem the sound is disturbed, but if I use Amarok all is ok.
Please help me!
krono86 at cruxppc
http://www.krono86.netsons.org
http://cruxppc.sunsite.dk
totem is not part of kde.
You could try to start another windowmanager, like twm or fvwm, and start totem to see if the problem is somewhere in totem/gstreamer or in kde.
if totem plays fine with another windowmanager, check if tweaking the soundsystem of kde in kcontrol helps.
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