> Well I got it to work finally :D.I had to install alsa-base,I also had > to change to 8bits sound,and I have to do a killall artsd before I > start some applications,but it seems to work great now.Time to go play > some quake 3.
Hi Derek, If you are not going to use it, you should disable artsd in the configuration of KDE (KDE Control Center -> Sound and Multimedia -> Sound System -> General -> (not) Enable the sound system). Not only is it a very cpu-consuming daemon, but many programs don't play nice with it. If you should want to have sound mixing on your system, use dmix: http://www.thepenguin.org.uk/alsa/ It is very CPU-efficient and works great. Cheers, Alex.
