On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 07:07:39 -0400 Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> arts is the default sound system in KDE. You can, however, turn arts > completely off and use OSS directly, you just won't get sounds in KDE or if > you do get sounds, they won't coexist with other items such as xmms. > > To disable arts, disable it in Configuration, KDE, Sound System by turning > system sounds off. However, as a first step, let me recommend that you add > the PLF repository, or Charles' repository to urpmi and install xmms and > xmms-arts plugin from those sites to make sure that you have the newest > versions. Also, you might consider switching your hardware sound drivers > from OSS to ALSA which is a newer architecture and might be better supported > under newer versions of Mandrake. > > > I believe it showed up as selectable after I switched from Auto to > > Threaded OSS for the audio device or maybe just after I re-started xmms - > > but it still crashed playing a file using the arts plugin. > > If your only sound concern is xmms, you might also try starting xmms under the > soundwrapper application. Change the executeable link in your menu from > xmms to "soundwrapper xmms" to see if that works better. > - > Bryan Phinney Thanks Bryan, I believe it's Charles version that I installed and PLF is already a source also. I'll get to switching drivers after the weekend and reading up on the process. Curt
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