On Tuesday 11 February 2003 02:49 pm, Serge Pl�ss wrote: > Hi > > noticed this a while ago but as it is still happening I thought I would > post this. > If I open a Konqueror File Manager window and move the mouse over a media > icon such as an mp3, wav, avi or asf the mouse pointer changes to a > pointing hand and stays that way. > The window is then frozen. If I move another window over that window it > won't repaint. > I can kill the window but X will hang on shutdown and I have to do a > ctrl-alt-backspace to kill it. > > This also happens if I have a media file on the desktop but then the whole > desktop freezes. > > What I notice is that two processes get spawned as soon as I move over a > media file: > 2326 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -s 60 -m artsmessage > -l 3 -f > 2328 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -s 60 -m > artsmessage -l 3 -f > > This system has a Soundblaster Live in it and is using the standard kernel > with alsa support for the card. > 00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev > 08) > > Today I upgraded the kernel and it also upgraded the alsa driver from > 0.9.0RC5 to 0.9.0RC6 but it still happens. > > Serge
Hi as the problem still persists on my main machine I figured I would try it on a brand new install of cooker on a second machine and I ran into the exact same issue. If I kill the konqueror filemanager window I also need to kill the two artsd processes in order to get going again. Serge
