Version: 1.5.8 (using KDE KDE 3.5.8) Installed from: Fedora RPMs OS: Linux artsd crashes on startup occasionally (roughly 50 percent of the time). System and package details: Fedora 8 arts-1.5.8-4.fc8 kdebase-3.5.8-5.fc8 alsa-lib-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.14-5.fc8 alsa-utils-1.0.15-1.fc8 kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8 i686 Hardware details: Sound Blaster Live USB webcam (Logitech Quickcam IM) with built-in microphone Backtrace: (no debugging symbols found) Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread -1208301872 (LWP 2297)] [New Thread -1208304752 (LWP 2303)] (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [KCrash handler] #4 0x00110402 in __kernel_vsyscall () #5 0x00cb9690 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 #6 0x00cbaf91 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 #7 0x00cb293e in __assert_fail () from /lib/libc.so.6 #8 0x0011fc8c in ?? () from /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so #9 0x07f1c467 in ?? () from /lib/libasound.so.2 #10 0x07ed61d2 in snd_pcm_drop () from /lib/libasound.so.2 #11 0x07edd575 in snd_pcm_close () from /lib/libasound.so.2 #12 0x05a2f559 in Arts::AudioIOALSA::open () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #13 0x05a2ec29 in Arts::AudioSubSystem::open () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #14 0x05a2edf5 in Arts::AudioSubSystem::check () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #15 0x0805f5a5 in virtual thunk to Arts::SoundServerV2_skel::_interfaceName() () #16 0x00ca6390 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 #17 0x08053b11 in virtual thunk to Arts::SoundServerV2_skel::_interfaceName() ()
*** Bug 152648 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Likely induced by pulseaudio + alsa-plugins-pulseaudio, see also related downstream report: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/361891
fwiw, you can disable kde/pa integration on fedora8 by $ yum remove kde-settings-pulseaudio alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
*** Bug 153680 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I had exactly this one (fc8, same backtrace), and solved it by setting the skip prevention slider to something lower than "as large as possible". This slider can be found in: control center -> sound & multimedia -> sound system, under "General" tab.
Arts is no longer developed and has been unmaintained for quite some time - more than 2 years. With phonon as the replacement for arts in KDE4, we're closing out all the arts bugs in Bugzilla since there is no chance of them being fixed. Thanks