alsa vs. aRts

[Christoph Wickert]

Am Mo, den 12.04.2004 schrieb Jonathan Ryshpan um 11:13: 
> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Upgrade alsa to version 1.04, if you're running KDE.
> 
> I run the alsa sound system with OSS emulation and KDE.  The KDE sound
> server, aRts, has been crashing recently with a CPU overload message.  A
> check with a system monitor showed that aRts was consuming about 60% of
> the CPU, even with no sound playing.  After some web searching, I found
> that aRts and sound drivers sometimes have a disagreement about buffer
> management, which causes aRts to use lots of CPU.
> 
> Upgrading from alsa-1.02 to alsa-1.04 has cut aRts CPU usage down to
> about 1% CPU when sound is running and 0%, when no sound is running
> (though I don't know why really).  ARts no longer crashes, and the
> system is a whole lot faster overall.
> 
> Jonathan Ryshpan
> 
Select "Threaded OSS Sound System" for arts in KDE Control Center.
Works4ME (TM), used to work with previous alsa versions as well.

Christoph