[KLUG Members] artsd

[Tony Gettig]

Hi folks,

I'm running RH 7.2, KDE, on a Compaq 933 with 512 MB RAM. The 
utilization of artds sound driver is consistently in the 90% range. 
Every now and then I hear a burp from the speakers as it trys to play a 
sound, such as when logging into KDE. The commandline as shown in KPM is:

/usr/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -a oss -d -s 60 -m artsmessage -l 3 -f

I have noticed that if I have another process going, such as composing 
this email, the usage is split evenly between the two. That is, say 48% 
and 48%. It is a running process, as the STAT is R, for what that's worth.

Any ideas or pointers in the right direction are appreciated.

Also, I finally made the final move on my work desktop to run 
exclusively Linux. I have a Windows PC nearby for critical Novell 
administration, but I am working on eliminating that too. Most of what I 
do I can do on Linux. To those who say it's not ready for the desktop, I 
say phooey! :)


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Tony Gettig
Network Administrator
Kalamazoo Public Schools
http://www.kalamazoopublicschools.com