artsmessage : Sound server fatal error, cpu overload
While using multimedia apps such as kscd/amarok/rhythmbox (that access the sound card thru artsd sound server), the system freezes and then I get a dialog box "artsmessage : Sound server fatal error, cpu overload" Thereafter, no sound from the app. I have played around with the sound system settings in KDE sound control center with no avail. At present the settings are ALSA/FullDuplex in the HW panel. In the General panel I have set the priority to "realtime." I can play a CD/MP3/OGG files with alsaplayer though in this scenario. I am encountering this on both 32 bit as well as 64 bit editions of SuSE 9.2 and 9.3. SuSE 9.2/9.3 (32/64bit) KDE: 3.4.2 (9.3) Sound Card: SBLive 5.1 Any solution/workaround for this problem? TIA, -- Arun Khan (knura at yahoo dot com) Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 05:03:30PM +0530, Arun K. Khan wrote:
Any solution/workaround for this problem?
http://lists.debian.org/debian-qt-kde/2004/02/msg00151.html If I remember correctly, this also solved the problem for me (it's been a while, tried a lot of things, and currently don't have the problem, but I seem to remember this being the solution I set up in the end as well). Regards, Pieter Hulshoff
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 13:59 +0200, Pieter Hulshoff wrote:
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 05:03:30PM +0530, Arun K. Khan wrote:
Any solution/workaround for this problem?
http://lists.debian.org/debian-qt-kde/2004/02/msg00151.html
If I remember correctly, this also solved the problem for me (it's been a while, tried a lot of things, and currently don't have the problem, but I seem to remember this being the solution I set up in the end as well).
Thanks for the link. I have already tried this solution i.e. I have selected ALSA as the sound system in KDE Sound Config rather than Auto or OSS - in my case it has not solved the problem. I am not sure which is the culprit ALSA or artsd. However, as I mentioned in the original post, I can play CD/MP3/OGG with the GUI alsaplayer even when artsd is dead. -- Arun Khan (knura at yahoo dot com) Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. -- Lily Tomlin
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Arun K. Khan wrote:
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 13:59 +0200, Pieter Hulshoff wrote:
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 05:03:30PM +0530, Arun K. Khan wrote:
Any solution/workaround for this problem?
http://lists.debian.org/debian-qt-kde/2004/02/msg00151.html
If I remember correctly, this also solved the problem for me (it's been a while, tried a lot of things, and currently don't have the problem, but I seem to remember this being the solution I set up in the end as well).
Thanks for the link. I have already tried this solution i.e. I have selected ALSA as the sound system in KDE Sound Config rather than Auto or OSS - in my case it has not solved the problem.
I am not sure which is the culprit ALSA or artsd. However, as I mentioned in the original post, I can play CD/MP3/OGG with the GUI alsaplayer even when artsd is dead.
You can play stuff with alsaplayer even when artsd is dead because alsa is the *system* sound system, and artsd is just (basically) for KDE, and artsd talks to alsa which talks to your soundcard. Since artsd is strongly deprecated in upcoming versions of both KDE and SuSE, try turning *off* the "use sound server" checkbox in the KDE sound control panel. KDE apps should then use alsa natively and everything should be OK. That's what I've done and it works. -- Carpe diem - Seize the day. Carp in denim - There's a fish in my pants! Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse@jamponi.net>
Jon, On Tuesday 30 August 2005 07:19, Jon Nelson wrote:
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You can play stuff with alsaplayer even when artsd is dead because alsa is the *system* sound system, and artsd is just (basically) for KDE, and artsd talks to alsa which talks to your soundcard. Since artsd is strongly deprecated in upcoming versions of both KDE and SuSE, try turning *off* the "use sound server" checkbox in the KDE sound control panel. KDE apps should then use alsa natively and everything should be OK. That's what I've done and it works.
Could you be more precise about where that control is located? I can't find it in my KDE Control Center. I'm using KDE 3.4.2
-- Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse@jamponi.net>
Randall Schulz
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 07:45 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 07:19, Jon Nelson wrote:
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You can play stuff with alsaplayer even when artsd is dead because alsa is the *system* sound system, and artsd is just (basically) for KDE, and artsd talks to alsa which talks to your soundcard. Since artsd is strongly deprecated in upcoming versions of both KDE and SuSE, try turning *off* the "use sound server" checkbox in the KDE sound control panel. KDE apps should then use alsa natively and everything should be OK. That's what I've done and it works.
Could you be more precise about where that control is located? I can't find it in my KDE Control Center.
I'm using KDE 3.4.2
I guess what Jon meant was KDE Control>Sound System>General panel uncheck "Enable Sound System." One caveat though, it may be necessary to configure the specific KDE app as well. For example, I use Amarok to play media files and I had to configure the sound engine to "aKode" from aRts to prevent artsd from being started by Amarok. -- Arun Khan (knura at yahoo dot com) In specifications, Murphy's Law supersedes Ohm's.
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