Package: arts Version: 1.1.5-2 Severity: normal A few seconds after KDE starts up I get a pop up window with "Error -artsmess" visible on the title bar (I assume it's artsmessage, but I can't resize it to see).
The error is "Sound server fatal error: cpu overload, aborting" Despite this warning, I still have at least some sound: I hear sounds when I open and close windows, for example. However, the "Test Sound" button on the KDE Control Center/Sound System/aRTS tab is greyed out. If I set the Sound I/O method to non and then restart it with autodetect, I get the CPU overload popup again. This problem could well be with another package (e.g., alsa), but I'm filing this here because that's where I see the symptoms. I posted a question about this to debian-user (http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/debian-user-200401/msg07177.html) a couple of weeks ago. My only response has been from someone saying they have the same problem. Some clues: The problem started coincident with upgrading to a new kernel (2.4.24, Debianized) with a new alsa-source (1.0.1-1). I also patches for evms, device-mapper, i2c, and lm-sensors. I'm not sure exactly which version I had before, but here are some *excerpts* of recent changelog entries in alsa-driver that seem notable: alsa-lib (1.0.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New upstream release (closes: #228102). + NOTE! This version includes source incompatibility with previous versions. We tested a great many packages and filed bugs, but you may want to check your own package too if it Build-Depends: on libasound2-dev. The change is briefly documented at /usr/share/doc/libasound2-dev/NOTES. * David B Harris: + Bump libasound2.shlibs to this release (>> 1.0.0) as a new symbol (snd_seq_port_subscribe_set_voices) + Install "NOTES" file as documentation in libasound2-dev, which documents the recent source-incompatible change -- Jordi Mallach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 26 Jan 2004 14:18:06 +0100 [note this was from libasound2] alsa-driver (0.9.8-2) unstable; urgency=low * Steve Kowalik: - Drop debconf question about loading OSS compatibility modules. We now perform auto-detection during boot-up. (Closes: #222350) alsa-driver (0.9.8-1) unstable; urgency=low * Steve Kowalik: - Patch #16: New; compile core/oss/snd-pcm-oss.c with -fno-omit-frame-pointer. (Closes: #195837, #199991, #201700) I recall reading on debian-kde there were some issues with alsa support, but I can't find that now. In the past it's worked fine, though it may have been using the OSS compatibility layer. I have a dual-processor Athlon system. Using devfs. The problem has persisted as I've upgraded from the Debianized (testing/unstable) KDE packages from 3.1.4 to 3.1.5. I just rebooted to be sure I was using the new stuff. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux iron 2.4.24advncd #1 SMP Fri Jan 30 14:30:34 PST 2004 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages arts depends on: ii libarts1 1.1.5-2 aRts Sound system ii libartsc0 1.1.5-2 aRts Sound system C support librar -- no debconf information Here are my current KDE versions: # dpkg -l '*kde*' | grep ii ii kde-core 3.1.1 The K Desktop Environment (Core) ii kdeaddons 3.1.3-1 add-on plugins and applets provided with KDE ii kdeaddons-kfil 3.1.3-1 KDE file dialog plugins for text files and f ii kdeadmin 3.1.5-1 KDE Administration tools metapackage ii kdeadmin-kfile 3.1.5-1 KDE File dialog plugins for deb and rpm file ii kdeartwork 3.1.5-2 themes, styles and more from the official KD ii kdeartwork-mis 3.1.5-2 various multimedia goodies released with KDE ii kdeartwork-sty 3.1.5-2 widget styles released with KDE ii kdeartwork-the 3.1.5-2 icon themes released with KDE ii kdeartwork-the 3.1.5-2 window decoration themes released with KDE ii kdebase 3.1.3-1 KDE Base metapackage ii kdebase-bin 3.1.3-1 KDE Base (binaries) ii kdebase-data 3.1.3-1 KDE Base (shared data) ii kdebase-kio-pl 3.1.3-1 KDE I/O Slaves ii kdegames 3.1.4-1 KDE Games metapackage ii kdegames-card- 3.1.4-1 Card decks for KDE games ii kdegraphics 3.1.4-1 KDE Graphics metapackage ii kdegraphics-kf 3.1.4-1 provide meta information for graphic files ii kdelibs 3.1.5-1 KDE core libraries metapackage ii kdelibs-bin 3.1.5-1 KDE core binaries ii kdelibs-data 3.1.5-1 KDE core shared data ii kdelibs4 3.1.5-1 KDE core libraries ii kdemultimedia 3.1.2-1 KDE Multimedia metapackage ii kdemultimedia- 3.1.2-1 au/avi/m3u/mp3/ogg/wav plugins for kfile ii kdemultimedia- 3.1.2-1 Support for browsing audio CDs under Konquer ii kdenetwork 3.1.4-1 KDE Network metapackage ii kdenetwork-kfi 3.1.4-1 KFile Email Plugin ii kdepasswd 3.1.5-1 KDE password changer ii kdepim 3.1.4-1 KDE Personal Information Management metapack ii kdepim-kfile-p 3.1.4-1 KDE File dialog plugins for vcf files. ii kdepim-libs 3.1.4-1 KDE PIM libraries ii kdeprint 3.1.3-1 KDE Print ii kdesktop 3.1.3-1 KDE Desktop ii kdessh 3.1.5-1 KDE ssh frontend ii kdewallpapers 3.1.5-2 wallpapers released with KDE ii libkdeedu1 3.1.5-2 library for use with KDE educational apps ii libkdegames1 3.1.4-1 KDE games library and common files ii libkdenetwork2 3.1.4-1 KDE Network (common libraries)