On Friday 28 Jun 2002 10:47 pm, you wrote: > On Wednesday 26 Jun 2002 9:15 am, you wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 05:58, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > Paul wrote: > > > > In reply to C.Anne's mail, d.d. Tue, 25 Jun 2002 18:01:52 +0100: > > > >>Meanwhile, how should one deal with a problem like this? I know > > > >> 'kill' is supposed to get you out of trouble, but you need to know > > > >> what you're going to kill, don't you? > > > > > > > > First see if sndconfig (as root) can bring your sound back. > > > > Secondly, I would advise you to get GPS (Graphical PS). > > > > http://gps.seul.org > > > > > > > > This will show you all running processes in a window and allows you > > > > to Hang Up (SIGHUP) or kill (SIGKILL) processes through a > > > > buttonpress. > > > > > > > > You can also sort processes on prio, CPU usage and more, to make > > > > finding them easier. > > > > > > > > hope this helps, > > > > > > Sounds helpful - I'll try to get it. > > > > > > Anne > > > > Alternatives to GPS may already be on your disks, perhaps even installed. > > Try:- > > Applications > Monitoring > KDE System Guard > > or > > Applications > Monitoring > Process management > > > > Both will show CPU Usage, Memory Usage, and allow you to kill your > > processes from GUI. > > You're right, they're both there. > > I'm still having problems with my sound - the startup sound arrives minutes > or hours after startup - and sure enough aRts was taking a slice of CPU and > memory. I used the hang-up (this in Process Management) and got a crash > message, though it wasn't clear just what had gone. Anyway, aRts > disappeared, so I'm waiting to see if the sound problem improves. I'm > assuming that I've got a cumulative problem, with a process never > completing. > > Anne > > I've just logged out and back in - and the sound's fine! > Multiple problems solved in one! :-)
Spoke too soon. I had to boot Win98 this morning. Returned immediately to MK but have not had any sound since. Process Management shows artsd as running. When I 'hung up' before, it gave an error message about noatun crashing. Is this related? noatun seems to have started at boot-up. This is getting depressing. Anne
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