this has been in the works for a while...with the latest upload of kdelibs we were at the following exchange:
" > > There seems to have been progress, but it's not entirely there yet. > > The arts daemon no longer complains about endianness, but still > > doesn't work. It sometimes complains of a "sound server fatal error: > > CPU overload" when trying to play a sound or when starting up the > > server. It still doesn't actually play anything. I did make sure to > > try forcing it to 44100 Hz and 16-bit (formats supported by the > > hardware), but this did not help at all. I'm thinking there is still > > an upstream bug. > > Ok - thanks for the feedback, I am closing the bug now (and putting the fix > in the KDE_2_2_BRANCH). To the other issue, CPU overload: > > This is probably not an aRts bug. Basically, the kernel driver can cause artsd > to fail in two ways: > > > a) select for writing on audio FD wakes up too early (nothing to do) > b) GETOSPACE ioctl implemented wrong (lies about the actual free space) > > If you use strace, you will see that artsd is woken up again and again by > select() far too often. I know that the problem exists for a few kernel > drivers > (like i810), but aRts isn't the place to fix it. I also know that other > programs that use the kernel drivers differently don't experience trouble > (i.e. xmms), but still its a kernel bug. If you need more information, let me > know. Please also consider reporting it to the author of the kernel driver." > Ivan On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 07:58:31PM -0500, Jack Howarth wrote: > Hello, > Has anyone managed to get the current kde 2.2.1 from > sid (or woody) to work properly on debian ppc? I have > never had any luck with 2.2.x of kde using the stock > dmasound-pmac sound drivers. With those the artsd sound > server crashes at start with an error about cpu load. > I had been able to get alsa 0.9 work with kde 2.2.1 > in OSS compatibility mode however changes in the current > BenH kernel for linuxppc breaks alsa. I would think > we shouldn't be forcing users to use alsa however. > Anyway I would like to hear if any other Debian ppc woody > or sid users have the problem and/or a workaround. Also > does this effect other arches. I had heard rumors that > the soundserver in 2.2.x was pretty broken and was being > totally overhauled for 3.0. Thanks in advance for any > information. > Jack > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---end quoted text--- -- ---------------- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD
