James Richard Tyrer wrote:
I have found that sound works much better on my system if: "artsd" runs at nice -10. Am I correct in this belief or is it something else?
What do you mean by "sound works better" ?
The problem was that it had a hick-up every time I moved a window.
I've installed kde 3.3.0_beta1 and ogg output from juk sucks big time. (to kde sound devs: when will there be a gstreamer enabled kde!!???)
First, you might want to try Kaboodle to make sure that it isn't a Juk issue.
I found that $KDEDIR/bin/artswrapper is not installed SUID, you need to [as root] make that change by hand. See if that helps.
In the Sound System KCM, on the General tab, enable:
Run with the highest priority (realtime priority)
Then on the Hardware tab "Select the audio device" yourself rather than leaving at automatic.
Then kill all instances of: "artsd" so that it will restart.
Or, try [as root]:
renice -10 `pidof artsd`
and see if that improves things.
-- JRT
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