Version: (using KDE KDE 3.2.1) Installed from: Compiled From Sources Compiler: gcc 3.2 OS: Linux artsd is taking very much CPU-time after running a while. I notice this especially after I had played a sound. This is very annoying on a 400MHz, when I need my CPU for compiling. Configuration: Linux 2.6.1 ALSA 1.0.0rc2 KDE 3.2.1 (arts 1.2.1)
Are you using aRts in OSS or ALSA mode, and do you have mpeglib installed?
Sorry, forgot to mention. I'm using arts with the OSS mode active.
Okay, you have OSS output for arts activated. Is your kernel built with the OSS drivers or with ALSA? If you have ALSA installed you should select ALSA-output in aRts too. Arnold
Looks like artsd behaves better now I switched to ALSA output. I use a 2.6.1 kernel with OSS-emulation enabled. Since XMMS works better with OSS than with ALSA, I thought it would also be better to configure arts for OSS. But both modes produce sound, the difference is that the CPU gets busy after playing a sound when the OSS-mode is on.
Closing. artsd defaults to ALSA when the kernel supports ALSA, the poor performance in OSS-emulation is an ALSA problem.