Package: libarts1 Version: 1.3.2-4 Followup-For: Bug #264242
Probably a similar issue - when using ALSA as output sound system, when the output device has not been manually specified, artsd idle uses about 6% cpu time; by specifying the hw:0,0 device the cpu usage decreases dramatically (under 1%) in the same condition. I noticed that artsd with default setup opens many times the sound devices: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lsof | grep snd artsd 26454 mau mem CHR 116,24 115317 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c artsd 26454 mau mem CHR 116,16 115292 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p artsd 26454 mau 8r CHR 116,33 5861 /dev/snd/timer artsd 26454 mau 9u CHR 116,16 115292 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p artsd 26454 mau 10r CHR 116,33 5861 /dev/snd/timer artsd 26454 mau 11u CHR 116,24 115317 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c artsd 26456 mau mem CHR 116,16 115292 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p artsd 26456 mau 9u CHR 116,16 115292 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p artsd 26458 mau mem CHR 116,24 115317 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c artsd 26458 mau mem CHR 116,16 115292 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p artsd 26458 mau 12u CHR 116,24 115317 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c by specifying -D hw:0,0 the same command gives this output: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lsof | grep snd artsd 26489 mau mem CHR 116,24 115317 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c artsd 26489 mau mem CHR 116,16 115292 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p artsd 26489 mau 9u CHR 116,16 115292 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p artsd 26489 mau 10u CHR 116,24 115317 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c In my setup, by selecting the OSS output, cpu usage remains very low; when using ALSA in standard configuration I can hear many artifacts and clicks from the SPDIF output (I have a CM8738-based sound card with TOSLink i/o): these problems disappear completely when artsd cpu usage is reasonable. Bye - Maurizio -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages libarts1 depends on: ii libartsc0 1.4.2-4 aRts sound system C support librar ii libasound2 1.0.9-3 ALSA library ii libaudio2 1.7-3 The Network Audio System (NAS). (s ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libesd0 0.2.36-1 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-2 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.3-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libice6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-8 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjack0.100.0-0 0.100.0-4 JACK Audio Connection Kit (librari ii libmad0 0.15.1b-2.1 MPEG audio decoder library ii libogg0 1.1.2-1 Ogg Bitstream Library ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.3.4-3 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v ii libsm6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-8 X Window System Session Management ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.6-10 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libvorbis0a 1.1.0-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi ii libvorbisenc2 1.1.0-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi ii libvorbisfile3 1.1.0-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-8 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-8 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-8 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-8 X Window System client libraries m ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-4 compression library - runtime Versions of packages libarts1 recommends: ii akode 4:3.3.2-1 akode arts plugin -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]