> artsd because it currently on the machine I'm working with > right now continouisly tries to start. When I kill it, it > starts again, for mysterious reasons, only seconds later. > Sometimes, it is even owned by root, and I have to kill it > as root. Even that doesnt help, it starts again and again > and again. did you check the KDE control center to disable arts? > flashplayer because it lives inside a browser and should > not have been allowed to occupy the soundcard. Sometimes, > the only way to get sound (in proper programs, like jack), > is to exit the browser. I guess this is not a problem of the flash plugin itself but the browser itself. The plugin tells the browser to output sound, and your browser catches the audio device. [...] > (No, I don't want any help in fixing the artsd-thing, right > now I just want to hate it) We're working hard to make things better :) . Best regards ce