Index: kaiman.cpp
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RCS file: /home/kde/kdemultimedia/kaiman/kaiman.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -u -r1.46 kaiman.cpp
--- kaiman.cpp	2000/09/24 01:48:35	1.46
+++ kaiman.cpp	2000/09/30 18:27:52
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@
     // remove effect from effect chain
     if ( !_soundServer.isNull() && !_soundServer.error() &&
          !_volumeControl.isNull() && !_volumeControl.error() )
+	{
         _soundServer.outstack().remove( _volumeEffectID );
+	}
 
     // destroy aRts objects
     _playObject = Arts::PlayObject::null();
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@
               cmdline += QFile::encodeName(KStandardDirs::findExe(QString::fromLatin1("artsd")));
 
             cmdline += " ";
-            cmdline += config->readEntry("Arguments", "-F 7 -S 8192").utf8();
+            cmdline += config->readEntry("Arguments", "-F 5 -S 8192").utf8();
 
             int status=system(cmdline);
 
@@ -214,9 +216,13 @@
                 // make artsd fork-and-exit after starting to listen to connections
                 // (and running artsd directly instead of using kdeinit),
                 // but this is better than nothing.
-                sleep(5);
-                _soundServer = Reference("global:Arts_SimpleSoundServer");
-                _playObjectFactory = Arts::Reference("global:Arts_PlayObjectFactory");
+		int time = 0;
+		do
+		{
+               	    sleep(1);
+               	    _soundServer = Reference("global:Arts_SimpleSoundServer");
+               	    _playObjectFactory = Arts::Reference("global:Arts_PlayObjectFactory");
+		} while(++time < 5 && (_soundServer.isNull() || _playObjectFactory.isNull()));
             }
 
             if( _playObjectFactory.isNull() )
@@ -438,8 +444,6 @@
     }
 
     _playObject = Arts::PlayObject::null();
-    _volumeControl = Arts::StereoVolumeControl::null();
-    _soundServer = Arts::SimpleSoundServer::null();
     _lastPolledState = Arts::posIdle;
 
     _mediaManager->reset();
@@ -546,7 +550,9 @@
     _volume = vol;
 
     if ( !_volumeControl.isNull() )
+	{
         _volumeControl.scaleFactor(vol/100.0);
+	}
 
     KaimanStyleSlider* l_elem_volslider = static_cast<KaimanStyleSlider*>(_style->find("Volume_Slider"));
     KaimanStyleValue* l_elem_volitem = static_cast<KaimanStyleValue*>(_style->find("Volume_Item"));