From cbb15352421dc950b07b46e684847932499dfb5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NewSoupVi <57900059+NewSoupVi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 12:20:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] kvui: Fix audio on Linux

---
 kvui.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kvui.py b/kvui.py
index cdb58315f3..8ea956f482 100644
--- a/kvui.py
+++ b/kvui.py
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ from kivy.config import Config
 Config.set("input", "mouse", "mouse,disable_multitouch")
 Config.set("kivy", "exit_on_escape", "0")
 Config.set("graphics", "multisamples", "0")  # multisamples crash old intel drivers
+
+# Workaround for an issue where importing kivy.core.window before loading sounds
+# will hang the whole application on Linux once the first sound is loaded.
+# kivymd imports kivy.core.window, so we have to do this before the first kivymd import.
+# No longer necessary when we switch to kivy 3.0.0, which fixes this issue.
+from kivy.core.audio import SoundLoader
+for classobj in SoundLoader._classes:
+    classobj.extensions()
+
 from kivymd.uix.divider import MDDivider
 from kivy.core.window import Window
 from kivy.core.clipboard import Clipboard