First off are you sure it is enabled? Check with aRts Control Tool. What? Arts? Yes, defnitely - xmms is playing through it permanently.
run my vanilla kernel with the kernel's own sound driver (creative ensoniq card).
Are you sure your aRtsd is set to output through ALSA and not the kernel driver?
Ok, maybe I should split this up in two: 1.a) SuSE's stock athlon kernel 2.4.19 with the alsa module for my card loaded (I checked, made sure no other sound drivers are loaded). Arts is running, xmms works through it, mplayer -ao arts plays through it. sound lags. 1.b) SuSE kernel with alsa module loaded, same as above. arts is running, but I use mplayer -ao alsa9 instead. sound doesn't lag. 2.a) 2.4.19 vanilla kernel. Arts is running, xmms and mplayer -ao arts work through it. sound lags. 2.b) 2.4.19 vanilla kernel, mplayer -ao alsa9 - sound doesn't lag. My common sense tells me that arts delays the sound, regardles of what kernel or sound driver. I double checked this by disabling the soundblaster and enabling the onboard sound (via686 or something like that). Both kernels, same results. I've already set arts latency as low as I can, with some effect, but nowhere near enough. Any other ideas? Thanks again Hans == Download ringtones, logos and picture messages at Ananzi Mobile Fun. http://www.ananzi.co.za/cgi-bin/goto.pl?mobile