[KLUG Members] artsd

[Bert Obbink]

Tony Gettig wrote:

> 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 am running SuSe 7.1 with KDE2 on my laptop, PIII 600/256 MB. My config 
for artsd is:  artsd  -F 5 -S 8192.

I have no problems when logging in, although the sound sometimes isn't 
smooth.
Top shows that artsd has a cpu usage of 0.0% and a memory usage of 0.2%

>
>
> 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! :)

Congrats!!! I did the same some time ago, I am a run linux only user as 
well. Both my laptop and workstation run dedicated SuSE 7.1.
The workstation has now an uptime of 174 days and 23:47 hours!  The M$ 
desktop is just standing here aging.

>
> Bert.


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